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<blockquote data-quote="Kokopelli" data-source="post: 120895"><p>Gladly, but as I mention in my revised post above, it will be next week. I don't think I could do the application justice with a quick post; some of the linkage above is to walkthroughs though. What caught my attention and made me decide to look deeper at QuickSilver is that when I first got my PB I did a google for "top 10" lists of OS X applications. QS was on over half of them. I do not think any other single app came close to as many mentions. That search is also where I found a good chunk of my own top 10 list above.</p><p></p><p> I am not kidding when I say I could write a small book on the subject if I had the time and inclination. The more you use it and the more you experiment the more you figure out how to do. I use QS all the time, I constantly try and figure out new features, and I have gone as far as writing a pair of (mostly useless to anyone but me) plugins for it. So I think it fair to say I take the app seriously.</p><p></p><p>A couple of quick examples though. NOTE: These examples use custom settings and/or additional plugins.</p><p></p><p>1) tap <ctrl> type the first three letters of any application and hit enter. Boom, there you go. It is not always 3. Sometimes 2 or 4, but it is a lot easier than navigating using finder.</p><p></p><p>2) <ctr>a (which is set as a trigger), then 'm' to launch the mac-forums, 's' to launch Slashdot, 'o' for OSNews, 'c' for CNN.</p><p></p><p>2.1) <ctrl>a then 'm,s,o,c' to launch them all at once</p><p></p><p>3) <CTRL><CMD><Space> and then the beginning of an artist to browse that artists albums in my iTunes library. </p><p></p><p>3.1) <ctrl><cmd>arrow keys for next track, previous track, pause/play, and stop</p><p></p><p>4) Tap <ctrl> and 'dom' then enter to display Domino's phone number from my address book without ever opening the address book.</p><p></p><p>4.1) Tap <ctrl> the beginning of my sisters name, tab, m, enter to launch mail and start a message to my sister. (looking up her address from the address book and automatically starting an email to her)</p><p></p><p>5) various other key combinations to launch different apps like camino (<ctrl><cmd>c), adium (<ctrl><cmd>a), voodoopad (<ctrl><cmd>v) and so forth. This is for the apps I use constantly so I do not even have to type the first three letters. (I also have triggers ot launch groups of apps)</p><p></p><p>6) <ctrl>s, g, enter, then type a google search</p><p>6.1) <ctrl>s, m, enter, then type a macupdate search</p><p>6.3) <ctrl>s, i, enter, then type an IMDB search</p><p>6.4) etc... (google images, rotten tomatoes, javadocs, XCode docs, Dictionary, Froogle, and so on)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Regret asking yet? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kokopelli, post: 120895"] Gladly, but as I mention in my revised post above, it will be next week. I don't think I could do the application justice with a quick post; some of the linkage above is to walkthroughs though. What caught my attention and made me decide to look deeper at QuickSilver is that when I first got my PB I did a google for "top 10" lists of OS X applications. QS was on over half of them. I do not think any other single app came close to as many mentions. That search is also where I found a good chunk of my own top 10 list above. I am not kidding when I say I could write a small book on the subject if I had the time and inclination. The more you use it and the more you experiment the more you figure out how to do. I use QS all the time, I constantly try and figure out new features, and I have gone as far as writing a pair of (mostly useless to anyone but me) plugins for it. So I think it fair to say I take the app seriously. A couple of quick examples though. NOTE: These examples use custom settings and/or additional plugins. 1) tap <ctrl> type the first three letters of any application and hit enter. Boom, there you go. It is not always 3. Sometimes 2 or 4, but it is a lot easier than navigating using finder. 2) <ctr>a (which is set as a trigger), then 'm' to launch the mac-forums, 's' to launch Slashdot, 'o' for OSNews, 'c' for CNN. 2.1) <ctrl>a then 'm,s,o,c' to launch them all at once 3) <CTRL><CMD><Space> and then the beginning of an artist to browse that artists albums in my iTunes library. 3.1) <ctrl><cmd>arrow keys for next track, previous track, pause/play, and stop 4) Tap <ctrl> and 'dom' then enter to display Domino's phone number from my address book without ever opening the address book. 4.1) Tap <ctrl> the beginning of my sisters name, tab, m, enter to launch mail and start a message to my sister. (looking up her address from the address book and automatically starting an email to her) 5) various other key combinations to launch different apps like camino (<ctrl><cmd>c), adium (<ctrl><cmd>a), voodoopad (<ctrl><cmd>v) and so forth. This is for the apps I use constantly so I do not even have to type the first three letters. (I also have triggers ot launch groups of apps) 6) <ctrl>s, g, enter, then type a google search 6.1) <ctrl>s, m, enter, then type a macupdate search 6.3) <ctrl>s, i, enter, then type an IMDB search 6.4) etc... (google images, rotten tomatoes, javadocs, XCode docs, Dictionary, Froogle, and so on) Regret asking yet? ;) [/QUOTE]
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