Hawkscope – Cross-platform pluggable menu based launcher

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 11, 2010

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“Hawkscope is a productivity tool that allows you to
access your hard drive contents quickly via system tray / menubar
icon with dynamic pop-up menu.

“Main features

“* Completely Free and Open Source
* Cross platform, runs on Windows, Linux and Mac
* Navigation through hard drive contents via dynamic popup menu
* System wide global hotkey for invoking menu right under mouse
location (on Windows and Linux only)
* Configurable favourite locations for quick access
* Hide unwanted drives, folders or files by adding them to
blacklist
* Plugin system”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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