
And of course, I wanted it to be flexible in terms of what it was capable of launching. A related goal was that, when invoked, the menu always appear near the location of the mouse pointer. I wanted a simple to customize pop-up menu that I could invoke in multiple ways no matter what apps are currently running and which one has focus, even if it’s the extreme case of a remote computing client (Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, whatever) running a full-screen session. With the current lack of sports on TV, my little night project has made strides in the past couple of weeks and is ready for a public appearance: zLauncher solves for me the problem of easily accessing all the apps and utilities I frequently use without having to fumble for the Start menu, Taskbar pinned items, Desktop shortcuts, etc.
