lifehacker.com — Quicksilver is bar-none the best productivity application on the market today. Whether we're talking Mac, Windows, or Linux, freeware or shareware, this Mac-only, freeware application launcher-and-then-some is the best productivity booster I have on my computer. Today I'm going to introduce you to the basics of Quicksilver
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Humanized Enso [ <a class="user" href="http://www.humanized.com/">http://www.humanized.com/</a> ] is probably closer to what Quicksilver is, although it's (slightly annoyingly) not free. Launchy is decent, but it doesn't let do anything apart from starting applications.
scotepiMar 27, 2007
what about spotlight? its extremely fast and built in... i use it for opening programs and sometimes documents/folders... no since in running another program that does almost exactly what spotlight does
ibisMar 27, 2007
gnome-launch-box and katapult look the most like quicksilver. But both only really launch apps at the moment (and I don't think there is any development being done on g-l-b). Deskbar Applet is probably a bit closer in functionality, allowing you to launch apps, search, look up dictionary words and all sorts of other stuff. I like the quicksilver interface a lot more though. I wish someone would merge the gnome-launch-box interface with deskbar functionality. Hell they're both python I think, maybe I'll have a look...
scosolMar 28, 2007
I don't do anything fancy with it, but my dock is only 7 items long, and I have a s**tload of apps, so it's super-useful for launching apps that aren't on my dock.
theyellowmoleMar 28, 2007
If you can get used to it, the possibilities of AutoHotkey <a class="user" href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">http://www.autohotkey.com/</a> are endless. I use it to run programs, mail e-mails, or quick text (like a forum sign-off). It can literally automate just about anything you can dream of. I highly recommend it .
tghdMar 28, 2007
If you want a launcher for Windows use Launchy<a class="user" href="http://www.launchy.net/">http://www.launchy.net/</a>
radiatedantMar 28, 2007
Windows has this natively, you can set a hotkey for any application which makes this program null and the others like launchy and Colibri. Yeah windows cant make shortcuts which *90% of the people don't care*citation needed ;)
gchuckyMar 29, 2007
@cbergeron:I've got a Mac, thanks. And when I'm on it, I use Quicksilver. My main box is Windows, though, and for that I use Launchy.No need to be so angry, man...
koalaelfApr 22, 2009
I also do not have the "Image Manipulation Actions" plugin available. It is simply not there in the Plugins menu, and I can't seem to find any trace of it on my hard drive. QS doesn't seem to know it exists. Does anyone know how to get hold of this - its the main reason I installed Quicksilver!?