I love they way LaunchBar works. I can quickly switch between any application on my machine. I can browse folders. I can find address book entries and use them in the current application. It's a great launcher, and very stable. The way it works is just elegant. I paid for it years ago, and have got my money's worth several times over.

It's missing something that Quicksilver and Butler and DragThing all have. Hotkey launches. I have used one key press to flip between iTerm, Mail, Safari and BBEdit for years. I use these applications all the time, every day, and need to switch between them all the time, every day. By hitting F1, I quickly go to iTerm. I hear an email message come in, and I hit F2. Back to code editing, hit F5 for BBEdit.

I don't have to hit ctl-space,<pause> "it", return....ctl-space,<pause>,"ma", return ....ctl-space,<pause>,"bb", return

I would rather hit F1, F2, F5.

I can relearn how to flip between these apps, by doing the LaunchBar march, but I'd rather not. So, I've resorted to running LaunchBar and DragThing. I could just use Butler or Quicksilver, they don't do the things LaunchBar does as well. I wish LaunchBar would just add the hotkey feature. Guess I can't have everything.