My favorite launcher application Launchy has come out with a new version.  This thing is a huge time saver and I don’t even use my Start menu any more because of it.  The new version has some much needed features.  My favorite feature is that you can use it as a calculator just by entering 1+1 and it works great and faster then launching calc.  Some of the new features include:

• A new look! New icons and skin thanks to Tyler Sticka
• Much better skinning support
• Options merged into a single, tabbed dialog
• Skin selection now shows previews
• Plugins much more configurable
• Launchy can hide when it loses focus
• Fade in/out effects
• Customizable transparency
• Optional shallow scan of directories
• Unicode support for Firefox bookmarks
• Vista support
• Can Run on Pen Drive