Two new tools worth testing - Direct Access and XYplorer

Posted by Andrea Nagar
Apr 1, 2007 at 04:34 PM

I’m Andrea Nagar, the author of Direct Access.
I would like to thank Dominik for mentioning my software.

As you pointed out, Direct Access doesn’t offer a complete scripting language (as Activewords or other opensource tools like Autohotkey do) but it offers macros that allow you to enter input parameters when executing a command, insert the current date/time or a special symbol.
Although, adding a more powerful scripting language is definitely in the Direct Access development plans, my main focus is in usability. I believe that adding commands and executing them is much easier in Direct Access than in Activewords or Autohotkeys (where you have to manually prepare the file containing your abbreviations). For example, to create a new autotext, you just need to select the text and type CTRL+SHIFT+W, in any application.

On top of that Direct Access is actively developed (while Activewords is not) and very customer driven. I’d love to get suggestions from you: what do you like most? what features do you feel are missing from Direct Access?

Thank you.
Andrea