In many user interface studies they always find two pertinent facts:
• Test subjects consistently report that keyboarding is faster than mousing.
• The stopwatch consistently proves mousing is faster than keyboarding.

This contradiction between user-experience and reality apparently forms the basis for many user/developers’ belief that the keyboard is *always* faster, and LaunchBar symbolize that phenomenon.

DragThing, LaunchBar's primary competitor in the recent GUI vs. abbreviation launcher war, is a true winner in the launcher usability and speed, and anyone thinking LaunchBar is better should give it a try and see if you would still say the same thing about LaunchBar. DragThing does so much more than LaunchBar: its customizability is far superior to LaunchBar, giving user a complete control over how each dock palette looks and behaves. DragThing docks leave important visual cues (i.e. tab) so users won't have to think twice about which key combination to press to bring their launcher to front. With LaunchBar you would have to memorize the name of all your applications. You carry around a very complex mental map of what you have. With DragThing, you won't have to: DragThing docks maintains the list for you, and all you need to do is to point and click.

Compare this: To launch Adobe Photoshop,

LaunchBar: Command + Space to bring LB to front, think of what abbreviation would be appropriate for Adobe Photoshop, decide "ptshp" would be okay, press 5 keystrokes to input that, hit Return, scroll down the list to pick Adobe Photoshop, make sure the file path matches what you are looking for, and hit Return again to (finally) launch Photoshop.

DragThing: Quickly move the mouse and click on the Photoshop icon in a DragThing dock. Done.

Try DragThing. You will be amazed by its capability.