And you thought I’d abandoned it. 
DelayedLauncher turned out to be more popular than I expected it to be.
Originally released as a solution to a problem in the 1.x series of Espionage, DelayedLauncher turned out to be useful for many people as a way of speeding up their system’s login time.
After receiving enough emails asking for the ability to specify delays for each of the items, it is finally here, DelayedLauncher 2.0, and yes, it’s still completely free. 
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4+
P.S. If you’d like to contribute an icon for it, just contact us. I think a rocket with a wrist-watch strapped around it would suit it nicely.
Tags: delayedlauncher, free, greg, update
Randy Harris
March 28th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Thanks for the update, this makes it even more useful than before.
Warren M
March 28th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Hey Greg, excellent update to this little utility. It keeps Entourage out of my way while logging in
Lance Lawton
March 31st, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Good stuff, Greg, only …. it’s not functioning as (I presume?) you intended. I expected it would launch the items marked for e.g. 30 sec delay first, then those marked for 1 minute delay 30 secs after that, then the 2 minute ones a minute later, … etc. Is that what you intended?
Well anyway, what’s happening is that the app sorts the items into some seemingly random order .. then counts down the set delay timeframe for the first item on the list .. then counts down the set time for the second item .. etc. (If you e-mail me back, I’ll send you a screenshot.)
The overall effect is probably the same, but it’s not as I imagined – and it might matter for some folks who need a certain item to launch before some other certain item.
Greg Slepak
March 31st, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Hi Lance, the behavior you’re describing is intended.
The sorting order is not random, but up to you. You can move the items by dragging them to whatever position you want, and using this you can guarantee that certain items launch before others.
The delays are all relative to the item before it, the launch animation is designed to highlight this.
Lance Lawton
March 31st, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Thanks for the explanation, Greg. Now I understand, and will change my settings accordingly. I guess I’d add the comment that “my way” might be more intuitive (but then I would think that, wouldn’t I … )
Steve Mayer
April 8th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The checking for updates doesn’t seem to function properly and instead results in an error. Is this a new issue?
Greg Slepak
April 8th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
@Steve: No, it’s just that I was a bit lazy and did not setup the Sparkle feed on the server. Don’t worry, if/when a new version is released it should function properly.
Steve Mayer
April 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Great! Thanks for the response!
Clemens Hintze
April 19th, 2010 at 4:07 am
@steve: I was really glad to find your program as I would like to delay the startup of some of my items to get a certain order and a faster login.
Unfortunately I cannot get the application to work properly under 10.4.11 MacMini (Intel).
If I open the program, I nearly cannot add applications via drag and drop. I have to do this several times and then it will recognized eventually. But the list is not redrawn properly and the items most often seem to be invisible in the list (list seems empty – only the hide-checkbutton is there).
If then I close and reopen the app, it will crash at once and I am not able to re-open it afterwards.
The only possibility is to remove the app from my Mini and reinstall it.
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Clemens.
Greg Slepak
April 19th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
@Clemens, right now I’m traveling and unfortunately I do not have access to a computer with 10.4 on it, however feel free to send me an email (it’s on the About page) about this to remind me to look into it, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I’m back home.
Valerio
June 13th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Many Many Many Thanks from Italy!!! I love it!!!
snowball
June 18th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Love this app! Precisely what I needed to solve the slow startup problem on a Mac.
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Thank you, Greg!
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John Madden
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:26 am
Greg, I love this little utility, and the ability to specify delay times individually in 2.0 is brilliant. I have one minor request: could you increase the maximum delay time on the slider to, say, 15 minutes? Thank you Greg!
John Madden
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Whoops, Greg, I just realized that in the new interface the delay for each item is not absolute (i.e. relative to launch of DelayedLauncher), but is actually relative to the launch of the previous item on the list: even more brilliant! Forget my previous suggestion — 5 minutes is plenty for the slider.
Greg Slepak
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
@John: