Developers and users alike wish for a simple way to launch programs for a long time. PetitLauncher could be a good solution. It works with the concept of a magic button. You press it, and then enter a command via Grafitti which is then executed.

PetitLauncher is organized like the prefs application of the Palm OS. The settings tab is straightforward. You can enable or disable the program there, and choose the “magic button”. The activate-after-reset option is also controlled there:

Commands are assigned to words in the commands tab of PetitLauncher. You can assign apps and system actions:

The shortcuts tab let you assign sub-commands to hardkeys. This means that if you press the magic button and then the hard key, the action assigned gets performed. As with regular commands, you can assign both system commands and applications:

Now onto how PetitLauncher works. Here, you see AutoSync running. You press the magic button to pop up the launcher over it:

You then begin entering the command. The cat icon will change into the icon of the command, and the program autofills your entries:

If you are happy with what you entered, you hit enter. The command is then performed-in the example above, we started BinaryClock: