One Key

I usually don’t like to advertise software but I’ll make an exception here on account of the fact that since getting my Mac the one thing that have annoyed me to no end is not being able to use my function keys or special keys to open applicaions such as Mail, i-Tunes and the like. The dock is nice but I had special keys on my PC keyboard that allowed me to open an app at the touch of a button. I just happened by chance upon the site of Everyday Software today and saw these words…”Do you miss being able to actually use the function keys on your keyboard to launch applications & open files with them? If so, One Key is for you. One Key is a simple, integrated and elegant solution for using the function keys on your keyboard to launch applications or files with a simple key press. One Key is integrated into the system as an OS X preference pane to stay out of your way. No fancy setup is required to get it working, unlike other hot key apps, One Key is one step simple.” I downloaded it right away and have been giving it a try for the last couple of minutes. So far it was an easy setup and I’m already finding it really handy. For $5 you can’t beat the price. Now I don’t have to go spend $50-100 for one of those fancy keyboards for the Mac just to have those one touch away app functions.