Bevy is an application launcher that shows all of your applications in a single window that can be opened with a global hot key, from the menu bar or by clicking its dock icon.
You just specify folders where your applications are located and Bevy creates visual groups of icons for each folder.
To help you quickly find the application you`re looking for, a key press will highlight applications with matching names, or you can drag-and-drop a file onto Bevy`s window to highlight compatible applications. How cool is that?
In addition, you can hide rarely used apps and un-installers so they won`t clutter your window. And Bevy is always up-to-date because it uses Spotlight to keep track of changes so you don`t have to.
And Bevy uses Spotlight to stay up-to-date. When you remove apps, add apps or just move them around, Bevy updates its view to match.
Here are some key features of "Bevy":
· Create groups of icons from folders you specify. No adding icons one-by-one.
· Doesn???t take up screen real estate. It???s there when you need it and gone when you don???t.
· Convenience. Use a global hot key, the menu bar or the Dock icon for quick and easy access.
· Highlight matching applications with a key press. Find what you need quickly.
· Drag-and-drop a file to highlight compatible applications. How cool is that?
· Hide icons you don???t want to see. Little AppleScripts and uninstallers won???t clutter your window.
· Always up-to-date. Bevy is using Spotlight in order to keep track of changes so you don???t have to.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Caution 10.4 Tiger users... This version now requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or newer. Do not update if you are running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
· This change was necessary to provide the performance improvements and to build a 10.6 Snow Leopard-only version for the Mac App Store. If you are a 10.4 Tiger user, send feedback if this is a deal-breaker for you.
· News - First version submitted to the Mac App Store. For the time being, we will be providing both an App Store version and the eSellerate version via our web site (with Sparkle updates).
· New - Added command-R shortcut for "Rescan All Apps"
· New - Added preference to show/hide the window at launch
· New - Dragging items to the status bar menu now shows the main window for a subsequent drop
· New - Added command-click to reveal an app in the Finder
· New - Changed icon loading code to show app icons progressively as they are read from disk
· New - Added a preference to change the behavior of the status bar icon (icon in menu bar)
· Fixed - Draggin...
