Some time ago I discovered Enso Launcher, the tool I now can’t live without. It serves one purpose - lets you use your keyboard more effectively. You start by pressing a hotkey to initiate it and then type in commands like “open” followed by the name of the program you wish to open; or “calculate” to resolve a previously-marked mathematic equation (extremely helpful when you do some basic calculations in Notepad).  There is a series of different commands you can use, you even define your own ones. I highly recommend this tool, especially if you’re an XP user.

What bothers me though, is that such an innovative, professionally made app does not seem to have any business model behind it. OK, maybe it was in a way made obsolete by Vista with their new Start Menu, but hey, most people still are and will be using XP. I also think the command line interfaces will be coming back especially with the development of semantic web (Web 3.0).