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Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by sombremesa »

This doesn't seem to have anything remotely similar to powerpack. To give an example, can this help me get passwords out of LastPass into my clipboard in a couple keystrokes? Can it help me change what Spotify song is playing? Can it help me find and kill processes? Alfred can do all that and much much more.

If it isn't even in the same ballpark of tools (i.e. something that supports programmable workflows and has a bona fide community building such extensions), don't call it an alternative.

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by catalystic »

Just to get feedback on our early stage project, what do folks here think about a similar launcher but for saas apps and on can run on any website?

Project: Navigator - https://navigator.bytebeacon.com

We're still building the backend, but playing with the widget should give you an idea of what the tool can do. It 's not meant to complete with desktop based launchers like the one mentioned in the thread so far.

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by lostmsu »

tw04 wrote: post #12

Just enable the next-gen search bar for Windows 10 - I've used both and the native tool is far better on the latest versions of Windows 10 (at least in my testing). https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/144856/microsoft-testing-new-...

On the screenshot it looks just like what you get in start menu, but in a different screen location.

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by mrec »

tw04 wrote: post #12

Just enable the next-gen search bar for Windows 10 - I've used both and the native tool is far better on the latest versions of Windows 10 (at least in my testing). https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/144856/microsoft-testing-new-...

The article you linked is more than two years old. Is this next-gen search bar still not enabled by default?

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by GordonS »

filmgirlcw wrote: post #26
WalterSobchak wrote: post #14

Wox Launcher[1] is another great alternative. It appears to be more active than Jarvis. [1] https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox

There is a fork of sorts [1] that is even more active for Wox. [1]: https://github.com/jjw24/Wox

I couldn't see anything about how the features in the fork compare to upstream - do you know what the major differences are?

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by happypatrik »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #20
thelazydogsback wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

just gave it a try -- looks like it's hard-coded for 640x480 screens or something -- it renders so small I literally cannot read any of the text...

Not hard-coded for a particular resolution but hard-coded for a particular DPI.

Not hard coded for a particular DPI, it just doesn't take DPI into account since I always run with DPI settings set to 100%.

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by boublepop »

happypatrik wrote: post #47
traskjd wrote: post #6

No commits for about a year, with a readme saying it’s early in dev suggests this project is largely dead. Am I misreading something here?

It's not dead, but it's done in my perspective since it does what I wanted it to do when I created it.

Then I suggest updating the readme:

> Jarvis is currently under development, and all features are not there yet.

Both of those statements are false if what you say is true.

Re: Jarvis, an Alfred Alternative for Windows

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Post by GordonS »

mrec wrote: post #45
tw04 wrote: post #12

Just enable the next-gen search bar for Windows 10 - I've used both and the native tool is far better on the latest versions of Windows 10 (at least in my testing). https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/144856/microsoft-testing-new-...

The article you linked is more than two years old. Is this next-gen search bar still not enabled by default?

I'm a Windows user 10, and have never even heard of this feature before.

The standard search feature in the start menu is atrocious, at least as bad as it was in Vista and 7. I actually stopped using it years ago, because it just.does.not.work. I honestly don't know how such a terrible feature has been allowed to remain in Windows for so long.

At least from the linked article, it sounds like this might solve the problem - really keen to try it out!

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