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Re: quicksilver

Alex — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:44:15 GMT

The new Spotlight is great. It searches the dictionary, is a calculator (try typing in something like 5*9 or whatever, very quick!), and also searches inside files, not only on your own computer but also on others on the network (a new Leopard feature, although most people don't seem to realise that Spotlight has always been able to search inside files).

Re: quicksilver

gorissek — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:17:10 GMT

Good point... haven't really checked to see what's new in Spotlight in these two weeks since I have Leopard, and never really thought about using it as an app launcher in Tiger. It seems I should, but I have a feeling I'll stay with quicksilver in the end.

Re: quicksilver

burantek — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:20:05 GMT

agree w/ alex...

i tried qsilver several releases back, and even then found it redundant w/ spotlight.
now w/ leopard, i see no reason, unless you like fiddling w/ 3rd party stuff.

sometimes what comes in the can is as good as it gets.

imho...

Re: quicksilver

Alex — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:51:21 GMT

With Leopard however, Spotlight has now been executed IMO, perfectly, making Quicksilver mostly redundant...

Re: quicksilver

gorissek — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:37:02 GMT

Here is a link that explains pretty well, what it does > click.

As I've said, I mostly use it as an application launcher. Here's how that works:

You press the hot key you've assigned and the Quicksilver search window opens. Now that it's open, you just type the first few letters of the application you would like to open and once you see the icon of the application, you just hit enter. The application opens and the Quicksilver window disappears.

The great thing is, that it remembers, which applications you use more, so for example, when I want to open Transmission, I just type "tra" and it shows me the icon of, let's say, Transmit. I just go ahead and type "nsmiss" and it will then show me Transmission's icon. After that it's enter, and it's open. The program will remember that, and the next time I type "tra" it will show Transmission's icon right away.

I bit confusing maybe, but you really have to try it to understand. It's simply amazing and amazingly simple and just saves a lot of time : )

Re: quicksilver

9 LEE — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:12:52 GMT

Looks fancy!

Any Mac-Brains out there who can explain how it ticks and what it can do?!

Lee

quicksilver

gorissek — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:47:21 GMT

Anyone using this? I've had a bookmark for it in Safari for about two years, but have never downloaded it. It seemed so confusing after a glance on the webpage and I had no idea what to do with it. But I finally downloaded it today and it's amazing. I mostly use it as an application launcher and it's superb. But since it can be used in so many ways, it would be great to hear some tips from more experienced users.

Link: quicksilver