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I've tried to make myself love Alfred, and it's admittedly very polished for what it is, but to me it seems to miss the entire thing that makes Quicksilver just
by msbarnett 16y ago
I've tried to make myself love Alfred, and it's admittedly very polished for what it is, but to me it seems to miss the entire thing that makes Quicksilver just so productive to use: the [object][verb] syntax.
Alfred kind of bizarrely stops half-way there: you type anything to find the object you want to manipulate, and then... pick a verb by hitting the appropriate command key or arrowing through a list. My hands are already in the middle of the keyboard, just let me type the verb name!
- beck5 16y agoI think its fair to say quicksilver is more powerful, you can really do almost anything in it. I however didn't use many of the power features (resizing images or composing e-mails). Alfred is really just a launcher with a few nice bonus features (clipboard history & spell are my favourite) where as quicksilver is more like a command line power house.
- dtwwtd 16y agoFor things like files Alfred does have verbs. examples: open report.pdf - opens in default pdf application find report.pdf - opens directory in finder Take a look around in the preferences, while it doesn't have all the features of Quicksiver, you'll be surprised. (Edited formatting)
- msbarnett 16y agoYeah, I'm not wild about the verb first syntax, personally. It doesn't seem to fit the mental models I've formed over the years.