Guillotine is a freeware and lightweight Windows utility that allows you to quickly and naturally access items you commonly (and uncommonly) use like programs, bookmarks, contacts, and web searches.

The idea is to find things quickly just by typing a few keys, selecting your item, and going on your merry way. It's much more intuitive than hunting down those items as you normally would. It may take a while to break your old habits, but once you do, you'll see how much more intuitive it is to your normal workflow.

It seems to be stable and ready to go. I've been using it constantly for the past few weeks and seem to have ironed out most of the bugs and streamlined it's usability.

Here are some key features of "Guillotine":

· Fast access to files in common directories (e.g. Start Menu, Quick Launch, My Documents, etc.)
· Fast access to Outlook contacts and bookmarks in IE and Firefox
· Fast access to search sites like Google, Yahoo, Wiki, etc.
· Quickly browse your file system using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
· Configurability of all of the above.
· Plugin architecture allows plugin developers to add any type of functionality they want

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· List item height wasn't updated when font size changed
· Files with .lnk extension (i.e. shortcuts) won't have .lnk dispalyed anymore
· Selected items weren't using system hightlight color