Comments on: Quicksilver http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/ Mark Jaquith's blog about capitalism, freedom, WordPress, the web, and personal topics Wed, 02 May 2012 07:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20838 By: The Robinson House: 05_06 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-216566 The Robinson House: 05_06 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:33:38 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-216566 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Jaquith hits the proverbial nail on the head with his note on Blacktree’s Quicksilver.That is the feeling you get.If you are a Mac user and aren’t [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Jaquith hits the proverbial nail on the head with his note on Blacktree’s Quicksilver.That is the feeling you get.If you are a Mac user and aren’t [...]

]]> By: Luminus http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-17502 Luminus Fri, 26 May 2006 15:07:47 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-17502 Whoa! I'd better start a <b>Help Me Buy a Mac</b> Fund. I downloaded QuickSilver and tried it out on a friends iMac. The only words for it are <b>Oh! My God</b>. Now I need me a Mac, maybe I'll save up and buy one of them Mac Minis for starters. Whoa!
I’d better start a Help Me Buy a Mac Fund. I downloaded QuickSilver and tried it out on a friends iMac. The only words for it are Oh! My God.

Now I need me a Mac, maybe I’ll save up and buy one of them Mac Minis for starters.

]]> By: The Robinson House http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-16957 The Robinson House Mon, 01 May 2006 11:03:46 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-16957 <!--%kramer-pre%-->his note on<!--%kramer-post%--> his note on

]]> By: Don http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-16714 Don Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:54:49 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-16714 I downloaded it and tried a few commands. "OH MY GOD!" is exactly what I said! This app is amazing. If it was voice activated, I'd say this is PERFECT! Thank you for telling the world about QuickSilver! :) I downloaded it and tried a few commands. “OH MY GOD!” is exactly what I said! This app is amazing. If it was voice activated, I’d say this is PERFECT!

Thank you for telling the world about QuickSilver! :)

]]> By: Mark http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-16712 Mark Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:49:01 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-16712 I'd recommend it to the point that if you didn't own a Mac, I'd say you had to buy one so you could use it. I keep discovering new levels of functionality, and within days, they've become engrained in my daily computer use. Example: I want to copy and paste two non-contiguous blocks of text. Before Quicksilver, I'd copy one, go to the destination, paste, go back, copy the other, go back to the destination again, paste. Quicksilver can keep a "history" of your clipboard, so I just copy the first, copy the second, go to the distination, and paste them both. It also learns what things you use... so that it can find the item with fewer keystrokes. Most of the stuff I do requires typing only 2 or 3 chars. My text editor comes up in one keystroke, my server's FTP 'favorite' in Transmit comes up in two strokes. 'g' brings up Google, and 'gm' brings up Gmail. This means that I don't have to look and see if it has figured out what I want... I know it will, so I could do the following: type a line of text, save it to a file, e-mail that file as an attachment to someone, then send the file to the trash, empty the trash, and shut down my computer... with my eyes closed. I’d recommend it to the point that if you didn’t own a Mac, I’d say you had to buy one so you could use it. I keep discovering new levels of functionality, and within days, they’ve become engrained in my daily computer use.

Example:

I want to copy and paste two non-contiguous blocks of text. Before Quicksilver, I’d copy one, go to the destination, paste, go back, copy the other, go back to the destination again, paste. Quicksilver can keep a “history” of your clipboard, so I just copy the first, copy the second, go to the distination, and paste them both.

It also learns what things you use… so that it can find the item with fewer keystrokes. Most of the stuff I do requires typing only 2 or 3 chars. My text editor comes up in one keystroke, my server’s FTP ‘favorite’ in Transmit comes up in two strokes. ‘g’ brings up Google, and ‘gm’ brings up Gmail. This means that I don’t have to look and see if it has figured out what I want… I know it will, so I could do the following: type a line of text, save it to a file, e-mail that file as an attachment to someone, then send the file to the trash, empty the trash, and shut down my computer… with my eyes closed.

]]> By: Don http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/comment-page-1/#comment-16710 Don Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://txfx.net/2006/04/29/quicksilver/#comment-16710 Would you recommend QuickSilver? Would you recommend QuickSilver?

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