Comments on David Alison's Blog: Adding Quicksilver to your Mac

@Jon: Thanks for the link. Not sure where all of t...

2008-07-08T17:03:38.102-04:00

@Jon: Thanks for the link. Not sure where all of this is going to go so I've decided to give LaunchBar a shot. So far, so good.

Apparently there's still a bit of hope for the Qui...

2008-07-08T16:58:45.895-04:00

Apparently there's still a bit of hope for the Quicksilver faithful.

43Folders has a bit of an update. It appears as though A1c0r is in the process of a complete rewrite of QS's frameworks. Granted, this is likely a stopgap measure, as A1c0r himself has said that he ultimately intends to make QS obsolete.

Personally, I look forward to seeing what he comes up with.

Latest forum post from QuickSilver developer (from...

2008-07-07T17:07:03.883-04:00

Latest forum post from QuickSilver developer (from June 3rd)

This interview is where the QuickSilver developer ...

2008-07-07T16:41:35.650-04:00

This interview is where the QuickSilver developer announced that he stopped development of the current version and recommends users to switch to Launchbar.

And could you say something about the Services wh...

2008-07-07T08:34:58.479-04:00

And could you say something about the Services which seem to be ubiquitously available in apps but seem, everywhere I go, to be disabled?

@James: Being relatively new to Quicksilver I wasn...

2008-07-07T07:57:37.951-04:00

@James: Being relatively new to Quicksilver I wasn't aware that it was not actively being developed. I'm going to check out LaunchBar soon.

When under Windows I used to do much what you do; organize my Start menu very rigorously, kept my documents in a highly ordered model, etc. Rare was the time I could not find something.

When I switched to Mac I decided to approach it differently, letting the computer find what I needed and trying not to do all the work myself. I found myself using the keyboard a lot more (it helps that I am a touch typist). Now I can find virtually anything I could in the past yet I don't have all of those maintenance tasks to perform.

Regardless of whether it's Quicksilver, LaunchBar or just Spotlight I don't think I could go back now that I've tasted having the computer find everything for me.

Specifically because it was not a built-in product...

2008-07-07T07:57:13.029-04:00

Specifically because it was not a built-in product, and as an early Mac adopter, I chose not to get into Quicksilver.

Instead I chose to look at a combination of Automations and the good old terminal to achieve things.

The first (automator), is impenetrable at first, from a non-mac coding perspective, so, if you please, can you go hard-core on that instead?

That would be lovaly.

The problem of Quicksilver is that it is no longer...

2008-07-07T00:46:53.238-04:00

The problem of Quicksilver is that it is no longer updated by the author. Over time, it is becoming more unstable.

Quicksilver is a great idea but over time, it has become unwieldy, almost having too many features to manage, bloated, and difficult to update.

This is why the original author stopped developing it.

He recommended LaunchBar as a replacement - particularly as newer versions of Mac OS X make Quicksilver become even more unstable.

Ideally, Apple should improve Spotlight to have the capabilities of QuickSilver.

I, myself, am highly visual. Thus Quicksilver's keyboard centricity never appealed to me - after several tries.

I prefer organizing files in logical folders and keeping the most used applications on the dock or on a hierarchically organized favorites folder, for easy access. Since I use hundreds of Apps, this is the quickest visual way to access them. I prefer not having to think of their names or typing their names. I prefer selecting them from menues or clicking on their icons.

With tens of thousands of files, I prefer to organize them in logical folders which are then much easier to search by hand - rather than the hodgepodge that Spotlight or Quicksilver encourages.

Arrgh! Yet another "how QS changed my life" blog ...

2008-07-06T21:41:15.395-04:00

Arrgh! Yet another "how QS changed my life" blog post. Oops, I take that back. David, this post actually speaks to me and has me thinking I ought to go back and give QS a 3rd or 4th try after checking the tutorial you mention.

QS is much more than an application launcher.

For a nice and simple app launcher, check out Sapiens ($20 at http://www.donelleschi.com/sapiens/). I am getting quite used to mouse-gesture-based applications and like the simple yet effective UI of Sapiens.

Try Launchbar. I kept trying Quicksilver, but it'...

2008-07-06T19:56:59.677-04:00

Try Launchbar. I kept trying Quicksilver, but it's just awkward compared to Launchbar. I hate having to go to certain categories before being able to search for items in Quicksilver. LB is smarter and more intuitive.

@roland dobbins: Though Alcor is no longer updatin...

2008-07-06T17:35:37.108-04:00

@roland dobbins:
Though Alcor is no longer updating QuickSilver, someone else has taken over, at least temporarily. He has released one update and, according to his blog, is continuing to work on the memory footprint. The blog which covers Ankur's progress: http://lipidity.com

The current version he has released: http://lipidity.com/software/quicksilver

I do not regularly use Firefox (so I haven't tested it on FF3 bookmarks), but you might be able to coerce Ankur into making sure that feature works. He does not have Leopard so some of the Leopard specific skins (BezelHUD) do not work, but this is a purely cosmetic issue.

Okay, I downloaded a new version of Quicksilver th...

2008-07-06T14:33:34.731-04:00

Okay, I downloaded a new version of Quicksilver the other day. I'll install it now and give it a whirl. Thanks for the provided links too.

The Apple Blog, have also a nice tutorials of Quic...

2008-07-06T14:26:17.531-04:00

The Apple Blog, have also a nice tutorials of Quicksilver...

This is the "beginner guide". :)

Given that Alcor isn't updating QuickSilver anymor...

2008-07-06T12:16:50.941-04:00

Given that Alcor isn't updating QuickSilver anymore, some problems have started to creep up with new apps - specifically, the change of the FireFox 3 bookmarks file format has meant that QuickSilver by default can no longer index your bookmarks.

Here's a workaround:

http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/msg/41858fd043d49347