Haggis Veteran Posted November 16, 2012 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2012 An interesting post appeared today in the Planet KDE news feeds.Introducing Homerunalmost gave me a mild coronary until I realized it was an add-on. Homerun gives KDE that GNOME 3-like application launcher. "Homerun is a fullscreen launcher with content organized in tabs. A tab is composed of several "sources". A source can provide one or more sections to a tab. Homerun comes with a few built-in sources, but custom sources can be written using libhomerun." Like GNOME 3, Homerun allows users browse and launch applications or add them to a favorites list. It can also be used as a "document hierarchy browser." This mode "lists your favorite places and let you browse them: clicking an item from the "Favorite Places" section will list the content of this folder, making it possible for you to navigate your folders to open a document without having to use a file manager." Apparently, it can be used as a containment or shelf as well. In applet form triggered from the panel, users can then utilize the features of Homerun; which includes a search box too. See Aurelien Gateau's full post for a few more details, download information, and a screencast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted November 17, 2012 Member Share Posted November 17, 2012 That launcher is actually one of the few bright spots for Gnome. I approve, KDE. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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