Mac OS X: Quicksilver has long been a favoured application launcher for Mac users who want ultra-customised keyboard control. While active development ceased for quite a few years, activity resumed last year and has continued apace, with version ß59 hitting servers last week. More »
If you’re a dual booter and you want a quick and easy way to reboot from OS X into Windows, this AppleScript coupled with the magic of Quicksilver will do so with just a few keystrokes. More »
Mac OS X only: It looks like the folks carrying on Quicksilver’s legacy aren’t just messing around — they’ve released yet another update to the formerly abandoned app launcher. The B58 build focuses on stability, especially concerning issues for those running Snow Leopard, as well as making sure older plugins are compatible. There are also a few UI tweaks and bug fixes, as well as increased performance. More »
Mac only: You’ve got no shortage of ways to quickly shorten URLs, like bookmarklets or text replacement apps, but most require mouse usage somewhere — and, as most Quicksilver addicts know, nothing is faster than just hitting a few keys. More »
Mac OS X only: Universal application launcher and then some Quicksilver has a pretty shaky future, so we were both surprised and thrilled to find a new release of Quicksilver boasting, among other things, improved performance. More »
Quicksilver is easily one of our favourite tools ever, but since its future isn’t all that bright, die-hard users cross our fingers every time OS X updates. In Snow Leopard, Quicksilver stopped working for many users; here’s how to fix it. More »
Mac OS X only: We’ve been crazy about Quicksilver—a free application launcher for Macs—for years now. Today Google is releasing a new search-and-launch application called Google Quick Search developed by Nicholas Jitkoff, the developer of Quicksilver.
Like Quicksilver, Google Quick Search not only searches for and launches files and applications—it also can drill down into content and perform context-specific actions. So, for example, Google Quick Search indexes my Address Book contacts; if I perform a quick search to pull up my contact card, I can hit Tab to drill down into possible actions to perform—like composing an email or starting an IM chat.
Firefox 3 doesn’t store your bookmarks in the plain old HTML file that Firefox 2 did, so desktop launchers like Quicksilver and Launchy can’t index them properly. But the HackCollege blog has a solution: a Firefox 3 about:config tweak that makes Firefox automatically export your bookmarks to a file. Change the browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML value from false to true to get a bookmarks.html file saved to your Firefox profile directory each time you shut down your browser.
