Some Search optimisations/options for Flow #2383
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Let me preface this by saying a big thanks to the devs for making this great app, I was using good ol' Launchy for the last 10yrs but considering it hasn't been updated for about as long it doesn't work well on high DPI displays so I had a look around and found Flow and it's even better!
Launchy had this awesome feature where priority was given to typing just the first letters of a program name.
It works best with double barrel names. For instance if I search for Folder Acrobat by typing "fa" it will be given priority and pull up the Folder Acrobat program first in the search returns.
Also maybe an option or alternative for the above is being able to assign keywords or letters to programs so they are shown first in the search list. For instance if I assign Folder Acrobat the letter "f", if I type "f" it will show Folder Acrobat at the top of the search list even if it isn't the true alphabetic first entry.
And lastly some kind of AI learning or even something much less sophisticated that gives programs search return priority based off the search history. So if I almost always select Folder Acrobat after typing "f" as the first letter then it is given priority in future search returns.
I have applied the above to programs because that's how I primarily use it currently but it could be applied to any item that is searchable by Flow. And the main motivation is speed of launching programs and files etc that I use often, so alt+spacebar + a single letter and I'm away!
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