STabLauncher
Rating: 5
Version tested: 1.3
My new favorite launcher!
STabLauncher is a tabbed launcher that resides either on top or bottom of the screen. Mouse over the tabs and they pull down; create as many tabs as you like, in the color(s) of your choice.
I must confess I like this better than Rocketdock, just because the tabs make a lot of sense in terms of organization.
I do have a wishlist for this program, however:
- An option to have the tabs disappear altogether until you mouse over them (similar to Rocketdock)
- For some reason I was not able to install this in C:\Program files\sTabLauncher. I encountered errors upon launching (yes I did have administrator priviledges), so I had to install it in C:\sTabLauncher instead. Needless to say this has to be addressed.
- More skins; I would prefer less of the cutsey colorful tabs and more metallic/modern looking tabs myself.
- I’d also like to be able to change settings for all tabs at once, instead of doing it each tab at a time.
Definitely Recommended!
Go to download page for latest version.
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it’s great!
I like it!
didn’t had any problems installing to C:\Program files\sTabLauncher.
I found more skins here http://www.stablauncher.com/skins.htm
Oslavo
Thanks for the link Oslavo… If anyone knows of more Stablauncher links please share!!
Hi…,
I was trying to download STabLauncher but it appears that there must be a broken link as connection from your “Go to Download page” doesn’t work… Please advise if this is a temporary issue… Maybe you can tell me if this program is available from some other site… Thank you in advance.
Pedro.
It seems that it was temporarily down, Pedro. Its online now!
It’s down again!
Actually link is wrong above:
Go to http://www.stablauncher.com
And there’s a newer version already, version 2.0.7 which covers most of your wishlist, I think only point 4 is still missing…
Also has an interesting player tab with internet radio, cool!
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