A Long-Awaited Update: Catching Up on Quick Access Popup’s Evolution (as of v11.6.4.3)
I sincerely apologize for the long silence! While it may have seemed quiet, I’ve been hard at work refining and expanding Quick Access Popup (QAP) to bring you a more powerful and user-friendly experience. I’ve also been developing a new application, Quick Clipboard Editor, which will soon be integrated with QAP. This update summarizes the key improvements and new features you might have missed in Quick Access Popup since version 10.4.
A Quick, Important Note from your Developer:
PLEASE… I will soon have to pay a significant fee of $900.00 USD to maintain QAP’s code signing certificate, domain registration, and email support platform. If you haven’t recently supported QAP, please consider donating to help cover these essential expenses necessary for the continued distribution of this free software: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/QAPcertificate
Key Enhancements:
1. More Versatile Menus:
- Automatic Submenu Sorting: Keep your menus organized effortlessly with automatic sorting of submenus within the Edit Favorite dialog box for Menu or Shared menu items.
- Customizable Submenu Icons size: Add a personal touch to your menus with custom icon sizes for each submenu. Learn more at: Beautiful Menus.
- Dynamic Menu Control: Precisely manage the content of your Recent Folders, Recent Files, Frequent Folders, Frequent Files, and Current Windows menus with dynamic exclusions and inclusions. See: Filter Menu Items.
- Intelligent Favorite Paths and Snippets: Use placeholders to generate random values, create unique IDs, select an option on the fly in a menu when launching an item. Explore the possibilities: Placeholders in Favorite.
- Automatic Website Icons: Enhance visual appeal with automatic retrieval of website icons for your favorite links.
2. Enhanced Customization:
- Font Customization: Tailor the appearance of the Customize window by adjusting the font size of labels, the favorites list, and the Quick Launch search.
- Specialized Search Tools:
- The Search All Favorites function is now located under the new Special Searches submenu within the Tools menu.
- New options under Special Searches include Search Folders, Documents or Applications not found and Search Broken Favorites Links (error 404).
- Global Search and Replace: Modify values across all favorites of selected types (folders, documents, applications, links, FTP sites, and snippets). Learn more: Search and Replace Values.
- Bulk Favorite Addition: Add multiple favorites (folders, documents, applications, Special Folders, or QAP Features) to a specific submenu or group in one go. Details here: Add Multiple Favorites.
- Improved Import/Export: The Import Settings and Export Settings dialog boxes have been redesigned for clarity. See: Backup, Import, Export Settings.
3. Streamlined Launching:
- Quick Launch: Quickly launch favorites by typing a few characters; it searches favorite names and Recent/Frequent Files/Folders. Learn more: Quickly Search QAP and YouTube Video.
- Auto-Executable Favorites/Groups: Launch any favorite or group of favorites automatically at QAP startup (and at Windows startup if you include QAP in your startup applications). More information: Launch at Startup.
- Browser Navigation: When launching a Link favorite with the QAP menu open over a browser, navigate the current tab instead of opening a new one (configurable in Options, Various Advanced Options). See: Add Favorite Link URL.
4. Enhanced Compatibility:
- Windows 10 Dark Mode: Enjoy integration with Windows 10’s Dark Mode.
- Windows 11 Explorer with Tabs: QAP now fully supports the tabbed Explorer in Windows 11 (22H2+), allowing you to open folders in new tabs of the active Explorer window.
- Directory Opus Folder Aliases: QAP now supports folder locations containing Directory Opus Folder Aliases.
Thank You for Your Continued Support!
I am incredibly grateful for your continued support of Quick Access Popup and Quick Clipboard Editor. Your suggestions help shape its evolution, your kudos motivate me, and your donations are absolutely essential for keeping this project alive.
As mentioned above, the impending expiration and increased cost of the code signing certificate are significant challenges. Your contribution, no matter the size, directly helps cover these crucial expenses, allowing me to continue providing QAP and QCE as free, reliable tools for your daily workflow.
Thank you for being a part of the QAP community!