Take Back Your Computer

Being user-friendly–that’s what it’s about these days. Computers, operating systems, and software are made to require nothing more than the ability to read to be able to use them. Just follow a series of clicks and, in most cases, you’re done. As someone who likes to be an active participant in what happens on my computer, I hate this.

And that’s why I love Enso. With Enso installed, you tell your computer what to do. Just hold down the Caps Lock key, type in your command, and release. Now I do have to admit–holding down the key can be a pain, but being able to type “open zoomplayer” rather than clicking and scrolling until I get to the program is awesome. Now I can’t say that every Enso command makes sense to me. Why on Earth would I hold down caps and type “copy” when I could just CTRL+C the highlighted text?

The current Enso product lineup is as follows: Enso Words, Launch, Media Remote Control, Translate Anywhere, Web Search Anywhere, Map Anywhere, and T_EX Anywhere. Enso Words and Enso Launch are currently available for purchase, while the rest are in beta. Enso probably won’t be compatible with everything on your computer right off the bat, but you can teach it new commands, change commands, and of course, report bugs.

Enso is a product of Humanized Inc. available for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. Learn more at www.humanized.com/enso.

You might also want to check out Launchy.