8start launcher Alternatives

8start launcher

8start Launcher is a combination of innovative Application Launcher, countdown and Tree Notes/Shortcuts/Favorites.

Launcher Features
- Organize shortcuts into groups and categories
- Accessed by system tray, hotkey and middle mouse
- Create and manange buttons fast and easy. Shortcuts, url favorites, files, folder, and application link can be defined easily
- Launch applications and files fast and intuitive
- Keeps the desktop clean, no more shortcuts block the view of your wallpaper
- Portable with relative path defined supported, can be run in flash drive or install in harddisk.
- Show program name / description when mouse over the icon
- Quick access to the drive content by click the drive letter
- Changable skin with transpancy png format supported, 30+ beautiful skins available for download
- Able to use picture files .jpg, .png, .ico, .bmp, .gif as button icon
- Individual customizable button style. Link to the application, favorite documents, music files, folders.... intuitively by apply the most suitable style
- Auto download website favicon to local for url type button. Url icon still available if the internet cached have been deleted.
- Launcher auto shrink to fit number of icons
- Whole new concept of launching your applications and files

Countdown Features
- Stay in taskbar, always visible while you working on your computer
- Bounce/running text in taskbar show what you countdown now
- Countdown till specific time or countdown for specific duration
- Show countdown days / hours / minutes / seconds in different color, auto best fit to 1 or 2 icons
- Fast setting and start the countdown (right click on 8start systray icon)
- Option to launch a file/application when countdown reaches zero
- Option to pop up a shaking window when countdown reaches zero

You can see the other features on http://www.8start.com/features.htm