Hotkey Search Tool 1.4
Suppose you are reading mail and come across a phrase you want to research on the Internet. Usually, you have to start a browser and type the phrase you need, which is not always convenient. With Hotkey Search Tool, you just select the phrase and press the hotkey, which will open a browser window with the search results for the selected text. This saves time as the search results are just a hotkey away.
Run an Internet search on the phrase selected in any application.
You can also use the program for other purposes. You can configure the program to search encyclopedias, movie or law databases and more.
Hotkey Search Tool can also easily work with the Google Desktop.
Hint: If you use a mouse with additional buttons, you may assign to one of the buttons, a "copy to clipboard" (ctrl+c) function. Then press the mouse button twice to start search.
Download Hotkey Search Tool (460 KB)
Vista Start Menu
Each time you start programs from the Start menu, you use the interface that has not changed for 10 years. No wonder that it becomes more and more difficult to use it due to the increase in the number of programs...
Vista Start Menu is a completely another approach to the interface.It is much easier to find and run the program you need. Everything is visual and extremely easy to use. Your applications are arranged in a table with icons divided into groups, which makes it easier to work with a lot of programs.
And one more really important nuance: when you remove programs or install new ones, other icons remain in their places so you do not have to waste time on looking for "drifted icons" as it usually happens in the system.
Cinematheca
You can use Cinematheca to maintain your own movie collection and also view the list of movies in your friends' collections. It is easy to see if your friend has a new movie and ask him or her to let you see it. You can view your friends' collections even when they are offline.The software allows you to rate movies and share these ratings with your friends, search your collection and your friends' collections, and group movies into virtual folders.