Tab Launcher App Reviews

I bought this hoping to get better organized. What I got was slow-to-load software that didnt work with other software I had installed. Tried like crazy to figure out what it was and it wasnt possible to lose the other software so Tab Launcher was gone. The concept is great, but the customization was horrible. The tabs are ugly no matter how you change them up. If you can even change them. Tab Launcher crashed a lot when I was trying to customize tabs and did odd things like not let me edit a tab Id just added at all. Couldnt even delete it. Tried restarting the software and it was still there. If you have time and are dedicated to this, go for it. If not, go with something like TopHat Folders. It keeps an icon in the tray and is SUPER fast.

Love this app. Easy to switch between tabs. Especially like launcher for common folders.

Perfect app for someone who needs a second dock his second monitor. 4 starts because the app crashes sometimes and needs a little work. Also, it would be nice to resize it easily, just the way you can resize the Apple Doc.

I thought I was going to really like the tab oriented nature of this product, but it ended up just bugging me. If it was a complete replacement for the dock, or was somehow better than the dock, then maybe I would find it useful. Instead, it took extra steps to get stuff and it made no sense to me. Unless you just like gimmicks, stay away from this one.

Was a pretty good add-on at first. Now the icons disappear when you roll over them. Once you fix that, I would go back to 4 stars.

There is a lot of improvement needed in the look & feel department.. my main request is: [1] that us users be able to adjust where the tabs are placed it looks very awkard having a Notes tab on the center of my left edge and then having a Social tab at the far top corner of my left edge. Very weird. Ive tried everything to fix it, but have realized it is not an option yet.

I thought after reading the reviews i this would be a great add-on to how i use my laptop it is but is depends on the user for me it wasnt try the lite before you buy.

the recent update to version 2.1 came with some great features! Thanks to the developers. The new "open" Windows tab is VERY useful, however it gets cluttered very easily. PLEASE ADD THE ABILITY TO NOT DISPLAY WINDOWS FROM USER-SELECTED/CHOSEN APPS IN THE WINDOWS TAB. This will make the Windows tab FAR more useful, and less cluttered by the MANY apps that have "hidden" or invisible windows drawn off screen, or with their visibility turned to transparent, or whatever other tricks some developers are using to not display various windows in their apps. The ability to select which apps we do NOT want to display in the WINDOWS tab would be very helpful. I could also benefit from the ability to right-click and HIDE an APP(not just a window) from the "Running" apps tab. Thanks for your work on this very useful tool thats getting better and better. The ability to now add tabs to any monitor connected is very useful.

I bought this, because it reminded me of a docking program I had for my "Commodore Amiga 1200" computer many years ago. But, after using it for awhile, I concluded that "Tab Launcher" just got in the way! When using Safari on my 13-inch MacBook Pro, I kept accidently clicking on the tabs while trying to scroll through a web page. Also, I would sometimes click on the wrong tab, while trying to bring up a specific program. Bottomline: There just isnt enough space on a 13" screen to accomodate the multiple tabs like in the product pictures. So, will I eventually install it on my new iMac, because there is more room? Not sure, but I may later on. Im still not convinced this makes my Macs more productive or easier to use. So, if you have a small screen Mac, this program may not be a good option for you. By the way, I didnt like the disappearing tabs, so that wasnt really an option for me either! Overall… two stars!

I use secondbar to duplicate my menu bar on both displays. I wanted something similar to clone the dock and this is the closest I could find. Its actually pretty great and in some ways, it is more useful than the standard dock. However, I would like to see: - Option to require a click to change tabs instead of mouseover - Option to keep dock centered upon tab change - Option to stretch the tabs to fix widths (or stretch to display window) - Option to cause folder clicks to list contents rather than open a finder window of the folder contents. like the mac dock - In preferences, there should be a font button rather than auto-launching a font explorer window when clicking preference tabs that allow font adjustment Still a great app. 4 stars for now. A great way to have multiple docks, and some fantastic customization, theres just still plenty of room for improvement. Keep it up!

Yeah, the "Snow Leopard crowd", The only advanced operating system from apple to use only one Gig of RAM to function, and also a sign of a pending future of our wallets reaching to get to the next level of "Chi" past Mountain Lion. I want to thank this developer for completing the Snow Leopard update on this app. The original version of this was fantastic. This update was well worth the wait. Basically, if you use your mac a LOT like I do, you probably have a heck of a lot applications to sift through. This app is the best possible solution to launching and organizing apps on a desktop Mac. Especially for us "Snow" people who dont have Lion based utilty apps like "mission control" or "lanchpad." Not only is this app super cool, it is also super clean. I hate a cluttered Dock and Desktop, and love the fact I can reach any one of hundreds of apps just from a drag and a click.-Cool

If youre like me, you first started looking for an app like this to replace your dock, because your dock became too crowded with ever tinier app and folder icons that encroached onto your limited screen space when these icons had to be magnified to be useable. From that standpoint, this app has at least a couple of major limitations that are not evident from its description here in the App Store. You have to go to the FAQ on the developers website to discover that Tab Launcher is "not supposed to replace the systems Dock." Thats right, you will still be stuck with the dock on your screen, and it will be competing with Tab Launcher for space, regardless of whether the dock or Tab Launcher are "hidden." The developers FAQ also reveals that you cannot click and drag a dock icon to move it or even to copy it directly over to Tab Launcher. If you already have a lot of icons on your dock like I do, and want to transfer them over to Tab Launcher, you have to reveal each one in the finder and then copy each one from the finder over to Tab Launcher. Then you have to go back and delete each one of those apps from the dock. The developer says that these limitations are imposed by Apple. Nevertheless, I think that if just these two limitations were made known in the App Store description at the outset, many people would not want to waste their time or money on this app.

reminds me of drag thing, but at a far better price. lots of options. if you need this kind of application you cant go wrong. i cant seem to customize the tab color though. clicking the color box doesnt do anything.

I have been following this app and grabbed it today. This is a very useful and efficient app for me. It looks almost exactly like ObjectDocks secondary dock from Windows environment, but with a lot more functions. One of the best parts I appreciate is that it has a very small RAM footprint. No memory usage spikes. I like it. Quite customizable too. I did not understand why another reviewer could not change the tab color, but I did not have any such problems. The app provides you tools to change almost every aspect of tabs: color, font, text shadow, content, and you can even assign functions to tabs to keep an eye on, e.g. follow running apps etc. I really really like it. Kudos and thanks to Oktoid. :)

I didnt think that I would like this app. I reluctantly decided to give it a try. But after using it, Im pleasantly surprised to see how beautiful and useful this app is to own. Strangely, the screenshots dont do justice to it. When I first launched it the three tabs were on the right side and not left as shown in the screenshot with the transparency level set just right by default. It is definitely worth it. And yes, the color settings do work!

Love this, Apples dock should be like this. A little bit to many customization options making it hard to be consistent through out the decorating process, but Im really glad I have this now that Mountain Lions Dock cannot be adjusted, even by third party apps. And lucky me, I got this while it was free. Thanks.

I love the design. Highly customizable and has a cool look. Adds a bit more personality to my desktop and the features are great. I just cant seem to move it from one side of my screen to another (most likely because I havent fiddled with it enough to figureit out), and I would like the tabs to remain visible even when Im not using them. I tried to turn off Auto Hide but doesnt appear to work. Its an intuitive app, the more you use it the better you understand how to make it behave the way you want. Very happy I decided to get it during the promotion :)

I made a "Real Folder" tab with some empty files in it such as "Untitle.txt and Untitled.psd", so i can drag new text for example in any folder instead of using save as process… the only problem is there is no option to make it just copy things (not move them) and holding Alt key is getting little annoying because sometimes i forgot Hope they will add an option for that...

I recommend this to anyone with a 13" MacBook Pro who has issues with the screen being cramped like I do. The inch of screen space you gain will make a huge difference. I have mine set so that its just the tabs sticking out and it pops up when I click, I love it.

This app has been incorporated in how I use the operating system on my Macbook Air. If offering instructions to someone that never used a computer, for example, I would say, "Goto the <NET> tab at the edge of the screen, then left-click the Safari icon…" Its done much more than clean up my Desktop (which means a lot just by itself - I use Live Wallpaper), it is the app I use more than any other while I am working on my computer. It is stable (no crashes), very easy to use, and has plenty of options. I am still using OS X 10.6.8, and this apps works very nicely with it. The price is well worth the easy youll have in launching and organizing your computers applications. This app would be a great a idea for Apple to incorporate in their future operating systems.