Sapiens
By Giovanni Donelli
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Description
Sapiens is a mouse-gesture activated launcher that predicts the applications you will need.
Sapiens is an application launcher, it helps you access all the applications in your Mac. Sapiens is clever because it learns from you, so unlike any other launcher it predicts the applications you will likely need and offers a visualization of this prediction in an intuitive way.
Sapiens is activated by moving the mouse in a circle (yes, it is a mouse gesture that finally works), therefore touching the keyboard is really the last resort to be used in case you want to search for a specific application.
Sapiens is great for those of us who love the mouse and are tired of launching applications by typing (whether by using Spotlight or any other keyboard-based launcher).
See Sapiens's introductory video at:
http://www.sapiensapp.com
What's New in Version 1.3
[+] Dock Icon is optional now
[+] 100% Compatibile with Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
[+] Command-Click on an icon reveal in Finder
[+] Forget application functionality improved
[+] Brain memory empty on restart bug fixed
Screenshots
Customer Reviews
It's back!
The productivity boost this little launcher provides is immense, and its GUI is intuitive. It was that way years ago, when it was first made available, and it is that way once again.
While I don't know why it took so long for the developer to make a Snow Leopard keyboard compatible version, I'm glad to finally switch back to this launcher. It's fantastic.
The Perfect App is back to being Perfect.
With the most recent update, Sapiens is now perfect. With the addition of not having to clutter your taskbar with the Sapiens icon and the few remaining bugs taken care of, Sapiens is probably the most functional and useful app launcher for everyone…especially for those who like to use their trackpads more then key commands. Definitely worth the money. Thanks for the update, couldn't be happier.
still not choosing the right applications, even after training
After "training" sapiens for some time, its still not selecting the right apps by default in nearly any cases for me. The premise of this app is nice, but the inability to force certain apps to display by default(getting around the lack of precision of the algorithm, even after training) make this a regrettable purchase for me. This issue is most pronounced when I click & drag a document, then do the circle gesture; from there i NEVER even see an icon for the app I'd like to open that doc with(say a PDF for example, I NEVER see preview, and end up typing in "preview" to see the app icon). It seems some users have found this tool very useful, I however have "trained" this app, and have had little to no success in making this useful at all. If users could select certain apps that would always appear, I wouldn't want a refund as much as I do for such a wasted purchase. I know that the "point" of sapiens is letting it do the choosing, however it DOESNT choose the best apps in many cases for me. Please let us designate what apps permanently appear in Sapiens(better yet which apps appear in sapiens depending on the app the user is in when triggering sapiens). If you want to be generous, and make this a more useful tool imo, let us assign keyboard shortcuts(or trigger applescripts) that we can trigger from clicking icons in the radial menu.
In addition, the lack of the ability to prevent the mouse gesture from triggering Sapiens in specific applcations has led me to stop using it completely. In design applications, especially drawing applications, that you might draw a circle in, its not fun at all to have sapiens popping up in mid-brush stroke. Wish I could get a refund.
- $9.99
- Category: Utilities
- Updated: Aug 19, 2011
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 11.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Giovanni Donelli
- © 2011 Giovanni Donelli
Requirements: OS X 10.6.6 or later
