Comments on: Introducing Quicksilver http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/ Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wolfgang Kerzendorf http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Wolfgang Kerzendorf Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:27:58 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-86 I found Quicksilver is much quicker than spotlight. It integrates really nicely with address book as well. You just type the name and then say call via skype. It takes like 5 seconds to do a skype out call to people (if they are in your address book). You can also type in the number and do a skype out call without having to switch applications. Very useful program Wolfgang I found Quicksilver is much quicker than spotlight. It integrates really nicely with address book as well. You just type the name and then say call via skype. It takes like 5 seconds to do a skype out call to people (if they are in your address book). You can also type in the number and do a skype out call without having to switch applications.
Very useful program
Wolfgang

]]> By: Marcos http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Marcos Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:52:45 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-84 Launchbar is another, similar, app. There are plenty of Quicksilver vs. Launchbar debates out there in Mac-land. I don't use either, however. Launchbar is another, similar, app. There are plenty of Quicksilver vs. Launchbar debates out there in Mac-land. I don’t use either, however.

]]> By: Juan Cabanela http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Juan Cabanela Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:25:07 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-82 I actually moved away from using Quicksilver because of its bugginess to what I believe is its heir apparent, Google Quick Search. Alcor, the programmer behind the genius that is Quicksilver is now at Google and is the lead behind Google Quick Search. Alcor himself has commented on part of the reason he dropped the ball on Quicksilver is because (my words) it grew sort of organically and became an unmanagable code base. I suspect by starting from scratch, with the knowledge he gained writing Quicksilver, Google Quick Search will be much better. It can't quite do everything that Quicksilver did, but it fixed at least one long standing bug. If you select an iTunes album to play in Quicksilver, it plays the tracks in random order. QSB does it in the proper order. I like using it quickly select and play and album while working on programming projects. :) Give QSB a try, as I am a convert, this is a completely biased opinion. I actually moved away from using Quicksilver because of its bugginess to what I believe is its heir apparent, Google Quick Search. Alcor, the programmer behind the genius that is Quicksilver is now at Google and is the lead behind Google Quick Search. Alcor himself has commented on part of the reason he dropped the ball on Quicksilver is because (my words) it grew sort of organically and became an unmanagable code base. I suspect by starting from scratch, with the knowledge he gained writing Quicksilver, Google Quick Search will be much better. It can’t quite do everything that Quicksilver did, but it fixed at least one long standing bug. If you select an iTunes album to play in Quicksilver, it plays the tracks in random order. QSB does it in the proper order. I like using it quickly select and play and album while working on programming projects. :)

Give QSB a try, as I am a convert, this is a completely biased opinion.

]]> By: John http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-81 John Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:51:45 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-81 Jeffrey -- it might not be the issue, but if you're using an older MBP are you still running Tiger? I found upgrading to Leopard took Spotlight from unusable to indispensable. Jeffrey — it might not be the issue, but if you’re using an older MBP are you still running Tiger? I found upgrading to Leopard took Spotlight from unusable to indispensable.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jeffrey Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:12:34 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-79 Personally, I've found that spotlight on my computer (an older Macbook Pro) is sort of slow, whereas Quicksilver doesn't have any lag at all. I hadn't tried it before today, but I think I'm quickly becoming a convert! Personally, I’ve found that spotlight on my computer (an older Macbook Pro) is sort of slow, whereas Quicksilver doesn’t have any lag at all. I hadn’t tried it before today, but I think I’m quickly becoming a convert!

]]> By: John http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-78 John Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:20:24 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-78 I like the idea of Quicksilver, but not the complexity. I can do many of the same things -- launching Firefox in a couple of keystrokes, using a calculator, etc -- using Spotlight, which is quicker and 'just works', without installing anything extra. It's obviously much simpler and less capable, but it's worth looking at as a 'poor-man's Quicksilver' for idle sods like me! I like the idea of Quicksilver, but not the complexity. I can do many of the same things — launching Firefox in a couple of keystrokes, using a calculator, etc — using Spotlight, which is quicker and ‘just works’, without installing anything extra. It’s obviously much simpler and less capable, but it’s worth looking at as a ‘poor-man’s Quicksilver’ for idle sods like me!

]]> By: grantk http://www.astrobetter.com/introducing-quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-77 grantk Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:42:36 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=474#comment-77 Add /System/Library/CoreServices and /Developer/Applications to your catalogue so you can launch things like Screen Sharing, Software Update, and Xcode. And while you're at the Blacktree site, perhaps check out Visor, a Quake style drop down terminal window you can access with a hot key. Good if you usually use X11 for your terminals. Add /System/Library/CoreServices and /Developer/Applications to your catalogue so you can launch things like Screen Sharing, Software Update, and Xcode.
And while you’re at the Blacktree site, perhaps check out Visor, a Quake style drop down terminal window you can access with a hot key. Good if you usually use X11 for your terminals.

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