Sapiens

Sapiens
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Cyril Roger

“The next evolutionary step in application launchers”

by Cyril Roger about Sapiens

Sapiens is an application launcher that gives you quick access to anything on your Mac. The program exercises your memory by arranging applications in a certain way, which you'll become accustomed to the more you use the program. Sapiens itself has what it calls a brain saver, which effectively means the program improves the more you use it. The application launcher offers five different layout displays which which distribute applications on the interface differently. While they might seem confusing to you at first, you'll quickly see a pattern in the placement of applications on the Sapiens interface. For this reason it's best to stick to the one that you feel the most comfortable with.

Sapeins provides a different yet effective way of accessing applications. Just like with Quicksilver, you can find any application by typing their name into the Sapiens interface. Your mouse's scroll wheel can also be used to quickly shuffle through applications. A particularly cool feature in Sapiens is that you only need to move your mouse in a circle to activate the program.

Sapiens launches applications quickly based on an assimilating display pattern and a handy "find as you type" function.

Pros
  • Intro video
  • Improves as you use it
  • Five different displays
  • Activate by moving mouse in a circle
Cons
  • Layout of items seems random at first
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Developer's description

Sapiens is an application launcher, it helps you access all the applications in your Mac. Sapiens is clever because it learns from you, so unlike any other launcher it predicts the applications you will likely need and offers a visualization of this prediction in an intuitive way.
Sapiens is activated by moving the mouse in a circle (yes, it is a mouse gesture that finally works), therefore touching the keyboard is really the last resort to be used in case you want to search for a specific application.

Sapiens was created because we recognize that users are tired of launching applications by typing (whether by using Spotlight or any other keyboard-based launcher). These launchers make us feel like we're back in the '80's when the keyboard was the only input device.

Everyone wants to have visual access to their favorite applications, but it's inefficient and frustrating to organize applications in different folders or in different docks. Life is too short, and there's not enough time to waste fighting against the entropy of the system.

Sapiens the is next evolutionary step in application launchers. It is a visual tool that predicts the applications you will want to launch and lays out the application's icons in way that makes interaction with the mouse simultaneously intuitive and revolutionary.

Sapiens (5) User reviews

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  • 7/10
  • JaxRiley JaxRiley
    User reviews
    1

    I saw Sapeins mentioned in Macworld and downloaded it out of curiosity and love it. Very easy to install and use allows me to be more productive by keeping my most used programmes at hand, all I... More

    • Review of Sapiens - 06 Oct 2011
      This review is liked by 0 of 0
  • CVQuesty CVQuesty
    User reviews
    1

    Great program, but ever since the Snow Leopard upgrade, it's been broken.

    I've paid for this program, and I expect it to work. Unfortunately, they aren't answering feedback emails, they're not... More

    • Review of Sapiens - 20 Oct 2009
      This review is liked by 12 of 12
  • spartacus9 spartacus9
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    1

    My opinion of Sapiens is that it will help me be more productive. I will, with a circle motion of my mouse, be able to access applications that I use on a daily basis faster. Not only faster but... More

    • Review of Sapiens - 25 Feb 2010
      This review is liked by 1 of 1
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