Re: Early History of Mac OS X Dock

On 2025-01-25 02:06:07 +0000, Bud Frede said:

Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> writes:

 Another option is pressing Command-spacebar and then start typing the
app's name. If Spotlight's first choice isn't the correct one, you can
keep typing more letters or use the arrow keys to pick from the options.

 I've found that LaunchBar is better at this than Spotlight is. In fact,
I almost never use Spotlight. Alfred could be another good choice, and
I've talked to people that prefer Quicksilver for this.
 I always launch apps from the keyboard with LaunchBar. It's more
convenient for me than having to use the mouse.

On my old Mac running MacOS 9.2 and X 10.2 I had the function keys set-up to run the usual apps (email, web browser, Usenet app, etc.). After booting I just had to press F1, F2, and F3 to get them all running. I could ouf course had them as startup items, but didn't want to run them every time the Mac was started up.
I haven't bothered on this newer Mac with MacOS X 10.13. It's just as easy to use the Dock icons.
For an app I use only occasionally, I use the Command-spacebar or open up the Applications folder.
In most other cases I'm usually opening a document to work on by double-clicking and it opens the appropriate app anyway.