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87 reviews for this add-on
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Not brilliant, and almost unusable under linux. Surely it would easier to add application autodetection under linux than under windows?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.0).Rated 1 out of 5 stars
It is suppose to work with all Thunderbirds, up to the version 3.0a1, but when you install it in any 2.0.0.* you get a message telling you it only works from versions 0.5 to 1.5.* It´s a pitty because it's very usefull
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Needs a little fixing up here and there, but with a custom XML file, this is a definite must-have extension. I love it and plan to contribute to its development.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.0).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
it's doesn't understand russianpaths!!! :( (exampleC:\Программы\Firefox\firefox.exe) and it's does not support short paths (example ..\firefox\firefox.exe). Please update it!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.0).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good but hasn't been updated in a looong time, and has major bugs, such as the inability to send links to applications.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.0).Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Launchy 4.2.0
This extension does not appear to work as promised (tried using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 and Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6).
(i) It does not recognize a number of properly installed applications that it claims to be able to recognize;
(ii) it doesn't let me change the selected applications that appear as icons on the menu (other than to eliminate them);
(iii) it does not let you configure a program of your choosing (except by manually creating an xml file in your profile);
(iv) the profile/chrome/launchy.xml file as configured with the author's website also does not work, regardless of which type of application I put in, or how I write the path.
(v) There should be a "browse to" option under every known but unrecognized application; it's the simplest thing in the world.... but the author of this extension makes it so much harder than it has to be. As a result, the extension is useless.
The IE Tab extension lets me enter the path to an application of my choice, but I want a second one that opens in my mail client. How friggin hard is that? My installed mail clients are: Outlook, Netscape 4.8, Netscape 7.2, Messenger 9, Thunderbird 2, and Seamonkey 1.1; the only one it found was Outlook. Give me a break!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Now I don't need IE View, nor (not updated recently) Opera View - everything in one plug-in :-)
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