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Alfred is awesome http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ It is based on an idea from an older launcher called Quicksilver http://qsapp.com/ http:/
by lectrick 12y ago
Alfred is awesome http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/
It is based on an idea from an older launcher called Quicksilver http://qsapp.com/ http://qsapp.com/
These types of apps have existed in OS X for a long time. I'm kind of surprised that Linux doesn't have an equivalent yet, as pretty much any open-source dev who uses a Mac laptop knows about the above apps.
- wooger 12y agoThey have existed on Linux for just as long, it's just you Mac folks haven't heard of them as there's more choice, and all the major desktops have this functionality built in, at least as far as app launching goes - just press the windows key and start typing works in Unity & Gnome at least. Less chance for market dominance from any one tool. The coolest, ultra minimal yet featureful one is dmenu, which I haven't seen mentioned yet. Gnome-do, Kupfer are also good.
- lectrick 12y agoNice. In doing a bit of Googling of dmenu I found this http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac Which may be helpful for others as a general way to find alternatives for a given piece of software on other platforms.