In that after you type in your search term, you could choose between a contact, a search, launching a program, maybe even issuing system commands like switching to a WiFi network or rebooting. I would find myself using that alot more. Right now I barely remember that it initiates a search for contacts.
It could even have an API or plugins so you could issue commands to specific programs such as play or pause to certain media program so you wouldn't have to switch to that window just to press the corresponding button. Or you could update your Facebook status, or send a tweet through it.
I have "categories" installed, I think it disturbes the function you are telling about. Longing for a desktop launcher
I was wrong, it was only in the application manager.
Anyway, I've tried using Bundyo's Search program. It finds the desktop files (basically like window shortcut files) but it doesn't launch the program. And the scout program doesn't have the application feature.
Kind of like firefox's awesome bar? Sort of multipurpose.. search/tweet bar? But on the desktop, activated by text input?
To be very precise. They are programs as this one for PC, MAC, iphone if you have never tried. Examples of best of these are
MAC
spotlight
quicksilver
PC
Colibri
Lanchy
Windows Vista / 7 built in
Linux
Gnome-Do
iphone
spotlight
They are used to open applications, files, emails, conversations and then you usually can add a lot of plugins to them to for updating your status on twitter, searching for a phone number through eniro or whatever...
