QuickSilver for Mac Lives

I've moved on to Alfred. <a href="http://www.alfredapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alfredapp.com/</a>

Really glad to see this picked up!<p>I know Quicksilver has had some false starts before..<p><a href="http://lipidity.com/apple/cleaning-up-quicksilver/" rel="nofollow">http://lipidity.com/apple/cleaning-up-quicksilver/</a><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/updates/list" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/updates/list</a><p><a href="http://www.43folders.com/2008/07/08/quicksilver-update" rel="nofollow">http://www.43folders.com/2008/07/08/quicksilver-update</a><p>I'm curious - are these efforts building on each other, or is everyone starting from scratch each time?

I changed to LaunchBar (<a href="http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/" rel="nofollow">http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/</a>) about a year ago. No complaints so far and I also like supporting an independent developer.

I just switched back to Quicksilver after trying Alfred for a bit. The basic reason was that Quicksilver's search is better and more easily customised: it finds the things I'm looking for, and given that the whole point of using such things is to improve one's productivity (by cutting out the whole "Open Finder, dig down through the file hierarchy, finally manage to open the file, directory or application being searched for" process), it doesn't really matter to me how well its competitors do in other areas.

For me, cmd+space (Spotlight) has been quite sufficient, and it's right there out of the box.

I have found Alfred a very polished alternative and a little more robust than quicksilver has been over the past couple of years.

For the uninitiated, what does this do that spotlight doesn't?<p>The mac is the only platform where I <i>haven't</i> felt the need for a decent launcher app!

Download link: <a href="http://qsapp.com/download.php" rel="nofollow">http://qsapp.com/download.php</a>

too bad the spinoff project within google, Quick Search Box (same guy who started quick silver was involved), didn't really ever gain traction and has not been actively developed in a while, it had promise:<p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac</a>

It's been "living." This is just an update, correct?

I've stuck with QuickSilver throughout, just because it's what I am used to and most comfortable using. Compared to the other apps that I have tried (Alfred, Spotlight), QuickSilver seems to get the most done with the least amount of effort -- it's simple to learn, harder to master, yet still extremely intuitive.

That's good news - does anyone else know what to do about the problem with the Shelf plugin and the Shelf popping up unwanted all the time? (whenever windows or apps are closed, perhaps even when they are opened sometimes, sometimes when quicksilver is invoked - very flaky)

Anyone know if I have to have a plugin installed to use the "Latest Download" and other proxy objects? Nothing seems to come up for me when I type that.

If anyone's looking for alternatives on other platforms, I find "GNOME Do" quite good on GNOME/Linux and "Launchy" is decent for Windows.

I'm just doing QS for the global shortcuts, anyone know of a native way of launching apps from keyboard shortcuts?

Glad to see QS getting updates. The new plugins are welcome...well they are new to me (QRCode and Viscosity)

great.. but I have switched to alfred and love it