Launch Items X - 1.8

Vendor has been providing updates for ~2-3 years and has always supported this very well. Ive gone back and forth between it and Fruit Menu, but have returned to Launch Items X for good reason. Bare Bones' BBEdit 8 and Mailsmith 2.1.3 have serious conflicts with the APE Manager for Unsanity haxies and other third party haxies.

This has been around since forever and I'm glad to have it as an option. I think it's worth a look in the crowded field of "launcher applications." I also have DragThing 5.x, another excellent launcher, but one not always as handy as one on the menu bar, a location that's sadly overcrowded on most Macs (if you need Blue Tooth, Airport, PPPoE control, etc. etc.)

ffass: By "Shelf", do you mean the Sidebar attached to the left side of Finder windows? If you mean something different than the Sidebar, let me know in case I've missed it, since I'd like a shelf utility built into OS X. Typically, a shelf util will allow you to move more items to it than Finder icons, which is all the Sidebar lets you place into it. A shelf can hold clipboard items, etc. Also, most shelf utils are located on the right side of the screen.

It's not that the item doesn't get moved. It does. But, for some reason, the window does not refresh. If you were to close the window and then open it again, the item would have disappeared from the original window. Also, if you try to move the item again, you will be informed that the item already exists. If you opt to replace it, the item will disappear from the original window. Now, this funky behavior does not occur when attempting this same maneuver with FruitMenu. However, when moving with FruitMenu, you don't get the hierarchical menu. I love both these programs and, hopefully, they will be able to coexist.

Spring loaded folders combined with Panther's new Shelf feature makes moving files to another folder super fast; for me, just as quick as using Move Items X. Another Finder advantage: dragging files between drives/partitions (while holding the command key) really "moves" files to the destination in one step, while in similar circumstances Move Items X always leaves behind the original source files (only "copies" between drives/partitions).

I use both Launch Items X and Move Items X. Both of these applications have been updated very frequently. It's great that a developer is actively improving his software. BUT...updating software is, in general, becoming a very labor intensive process. Though Launch Items X and Move Items X are wonderful apps I'm abandoning them for 2 reasons:

1. The Finder's new UI enhancements make moving files around much easier than in Jaguar.

2. Figuring out the differences between the 2 applications is very confusing to new users, and makes the constant updating process cumbersome for all. IMO Launch Items X and Move Items should be one application.