What is Butler? A file launcher. You can access applications and any other kind of document by browsing fully customizable system-wide spring-loaded menus, pressing hot keys, clicking hot corners, or entering abbreviations.

Butler will learn from your habits and remember what you want a certain abbreviation to do (e.g., enter "abo" to launch "Address Book").A bookmark manager.

Butler offers you a way to manage your bookmarks without depending on a certain browser. In contrary to a browser's bookmark collection, Butler's bookmarks are always accessible through its system-wide menus, hot keys, etc.

And you'll certainly become addicted to accessing bookmarks by entering abbreviations. Butler also lets you access the bookmarks of every single browser there is for Mac OS X.Adding files or URLs from your browser to Butler's configuration is stunningly easy: Just drag them to the active screen corner (default: top left), see Butler's main window open, and drop your items somewhere whithin your configuration.A web search utility.

Butler's predecessor "Another Launcher" was the first application that let you search the web from the menu bar. But if your menu bar is too crowded for an input field, you can also use hot keys to pop up dedicated web search windows.

Butler supports a large number of search engines by default, but you are not restricted to those you can easily add your own search engines.

A clipboard extension.
Butler lets you access items you have previously stored in your clipboard, effectively turning your clipboard into a stack. You can also take a snapshot of your current clipboard and keep it for good. This feature is particularly useful for text snippets you need to enter on a regular basis.And so much more...

You can use Butler to move and copy files, control iTunes, access the system preferences, change the current user, and so on. But Butler really shines when it comes to customizing its behavior.

Is your menu bar too crowded? Use Butler's docket! Do you want a menu for each mounted volume? Do you want a menu to pop up when you press a certain hot key? Do you want all running applications in your menu bar? Or do you prefer doing things with your keyboard only? Whatever kind of interface you prefer, Butler is at your service.

Here are some key features of "Butler":

· launch applications
· open files
· access preference panes
· manage bookmarks
· search the web
· run AppleScripts
· extend the pasteboard
· enter text snippets
· simulate keystrokes
· control iTunes
· accelerate Spotlight
· move/copy files


Note: This transient release will expire on July 1, 2008.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Butler's status window (the one that's shown in response to your entering hot keys or requesting iTunes information, for instance) no longer captures mouse clicks. If you want to move the status window, do so while holding the command key.
· Worked around a possible interference with Typinator.
· This is not a transient release. See the Many Tricks blog for more info on this.
· Available languages: English, French, German, Japanese -- potential localizers might want to have a look at Butler Help's "Localizations" section.