Fruitbat Zenboy writes:

Firstly, Lockergnome rocks! Been getting it for 7+ years now and it still whips the llama’s ass! As a professional developer, it really helps keep me that step ahead…

Well, Lockergnome’s undergoing a radical transformation right now… but thanks for the vote of confidence, nevertheless.

To the point: I read a lot of glowing reviews of Hotkey programs and would like to tell you of another one. For years, I have been working on hotkey-based program which has become much more. Not only can you do almost anything with a keypress (launch, restore apps, move/alter windows, open drives, dim the screen etc etc), but it has several features that I feel are rather unique.

He lists the following points:

• Multiple desktops? Hah! ZenKEY has an Infinite desktop (okay, it is limited, but only by the Windows co-ordinate system itself).
• Optional “Automatic windows transparency” that sets window transparency/opacity automatically as you switch between windows ie. Windows blend into the desktop when inactive.
• Live icons. Save Desktop space and by replacing app windows with a ‘Live’ icon showing the app’s CPU and memory usage. Click on it (or press a hotkey) to restore the app.
• A Desktop map that allows you to move and set advanced properties of windows without remembering the keystrokes. Also used to view your ‘Infinite desktop’ space.

ZenKEY is open source, and he works on it constantly – welcoming any suggestions for additions and improvements. It’s small, fast, and ad-free. ZenKEY is not about money – it is about love!

ZenKEY also has another (possibly pretentious) goal: To make people realize a computer is more profound that just a machine. It is a machine that executes the thoughts of thousands of brilliant minds, creating an entirely abstract an unlimited universe – cyberspace! I look forward to the time when we will no longer need the multitude of objects we do today and can replace them with digital equivalents. Away with materialism, in with intellectual wealth for everyone. ;-)

Not bad. I’m actually finding the keyboard shortcut array in OS X to be quite configurable, although some of my tweaks haven’t stuck in Mail (very odd).