AliasKeys for Mac

From Benoit Widemann:

Do you miss Mac OS 9's capability to make use of your keyboard to launch applications or open documents? With AliasKeys you can do it again, and more!

AliasKeys lets you assign hotkeys to open files and folders. Any item that the Finder can open may be dragged to the list of AliasKeys and be given a combination of keys, to open it without touching your mouse.

You can use AliasKeys for applications, documents, folders, aliases, preference panels, servers, scripts... even web pages!

Hitting the keys opens the corresponding item, as would a double-click on its icon.

AliasKeys is powerful enough to cover the common needs of many users. Nonetheless, its clean, streamlined interface makes it a breeze to set up.