maybe, if you had a lot of apps on your portable apps platform, you could have a search bar on the bottom right of the bar. maybe somewhere beneath the word "help" and above the eject and exit buttons.
the search bar would let you search for key words or letters in app names.
Keyword Jumping was something I suggested to John a couple of years ago. Right now, I'm using an old Launchy Portable for this.
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