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What I love about Quicksilver

Let me count the ways:

1. The Shelf. 'nuff said.
2. Comma trick.
3. Access to my bookmarks without having a browser open.
4. I can look up any word in one keystroke.
5. cmd-esc.
6. Composing simple email.
7. Text manipulation.
8. Clipboard mania.

oh, and 9. Launching programs.

I'm sure there are many others but these are the main reasons I could not imagine having a Mac without Quicksilver.

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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anyone else get REALLY tired...

emory wrote:
anyone else get REALLY tired of this plug-in REALLY fast?

i had SEVERAL bookmarks that were jacking my ability to run simple launches like "mail" "firefox", etc.

it went *nuts*.

i had to sack it.

Yah, I was having similar troubles until I went mucking around in the preferences. Go to QS > Preferences > Custom > Del.icio.us bookmarks. Click the Get info icon at the bottom right. In the drawer that pops open, go to Attributes and deselect Include in global catalog. Now, when you want your del.icio.us bookmarks, just search for the catalog entry for your bookmarks, arrow in and search just your bookmarks. You could even set a trigger to bring up the catalog entry and then you have quick kb access to your bookmarks without them mucking up your regular QS happiness. HTH.

 
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