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What is Quicksilver?
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<blockquote data-quote="yogi" data-source="post: 525239" data-attributes="member: 8542"><p>Quicksilver is an open-source application launcher for OS X.</p><p></p><p>In a nutshell, it's an app that you never see unless you invoke it with a keyboard shortcut you set.</p><p></p><p>This brings up an interface that lets you begin typing and automatically shows you the best results for your search among documents, apps, contacts etc.</p><p></p><p>Of course, you'll say, Spotlight in OS X already does this. I agree, but Quicksilver has a plugin architecture with a wide variety of functionality you can add - for example, you can control certain apps right from your keyboard with Quicksilver.</p><p></p><p>My favorite example is del.icio.us for Quicksilver - it let's me access all my delicious bookmarks just by hitting the shortcut and starting to type.</p><p></p><p>You can also control spotlight, send email to contacts and things like that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>See also:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov?http://media.libsyn.com/media/macbreak/macbreak-017-450p-h264.mov" target="_blank">http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov?http://media.libsyn.com/media/macbreak/macbreak-017-450p-h264.mov</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_%28software%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(software)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yogi, post: 525239, member: 8542"] Quicksilver is an open-source application launcher for OS X. In a nutshell, it's an app that you never see unless you invoke it with a keyboard shortcut you set. This brings up an interface that lets you begin typing and automatically shows you the best results for your search among documents, apps, contacts etc. Of course, you'll say, Spotlight in OS X already does this. I agree, but Quicksilver has a plugin architecture with a wide variety of functionality you can add - for example, you can control certain apps right from your keyboard with Quicksilver. My favorite example is del.icio.us for Quicksilver - it let's me access all my delicious bookmarks just by hitting the shortcut and starting to type. You can also control spotlight, send email to contacts and things like that. See also: [url]http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mov?http://media.libsyn.com/media/macbreak/macbreak-017-450p-h264.mov[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_%28software%29[/url] [/QUOTE]
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