We wait years for a new version of Windows, but how much more innovative is the new Vista over the previous XP, for the average user? Indeed, will the forthcoming Apple Mac OS X be a compelling upgrade over the current edition? There isn’t that much you can do with an operating system to make it a ‘must have’ upgrade, apart from adding technologies that third-party software developers will integrate, meaning their software won’t work with an older OS.

Spotlight was a relatively innovative new feature in OS X. Sure, the idea and concept has been seen before, but to the average home user, being able to enter a keyword and find any documents, files and emails relating to the keyword, instantaneously, is an innovative feature. Previously you’d have to search your entire computer for the right result and generally couldn’t access you email within the same search.

That’s why Executor is a possibly innovative product. For anyone who works on a computer through a working day, they just want applications and their files to be as accessible as possible. Executor makes this possible. It enables you to launch an application on your computer by entering a keyword. For instance, ‘display’ will launch the Display Properties. Using the keyword ‘ie’ will launch Internet Explorer. You can set up your own keywords to launch your own products or select from a list of pre-defined words.

The use of auto-complete makes the process work even more seamlessly. You only need to start by entering the first few letters within a word for Executor to make some suggestions on your behalf.