The dock in OS X works great for application launching, but there are times when you wish to quickly start an application that is not in the Dock. A text-based launcher will allow a user to type in the first few letters of the application name and a selectable list will appear displaying matching applications. Pick the one you need, and the application will start.
With OS X Tiger, I had used Quicksilver as an application launcher, due to the sluggishness of Tiger Spotlight. A Leopard version of Quicksilver was released, but, unfortunately, Quicksilver is now no longer under support. With the new Spotlight peppiness in Leopard, I have begun comparing Spotlight against Quicksilver and have turned-off Quicksilver to see how well I adjust to life without it. QuickSilver is just plain fast, but the Leopard version of Spotlight is quite better than the Tiger version. I have not noticed a big difference in performance between Spotlight and Quicksilver as long as I set applications to the highest priority in Spotlight preferences.
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