I wanted to keep the flame alive with this app and make sure that users can still learn from each other. Here's a list of some of the things I use this great app for:
- Delicious bookmark launcher: the value of delicious has increased substantially for me ever since using this QS plugin and I have finally found a way of centralizing my bookmarks across computers and browsers. Delicious is great but with QS it is beyond a doubt the best bookmark service. I am hoping that plugin never breaks in the future though. - Moving files: I find myself doing more of this than I expected with QS and skipping the finder. I will often get a file in 'downloads' after completing and will want to put it in another folder for more permanent storage. I do this with a quick cmd-esc (that pulls the selected file, files or folder into QS's object pane/window and activates it without needing to seperately invoke QS) then tab and type M for 'move files' and then tab again and select the destination folder and bam its there. - Airport On/Airport Off: I can do this quickly and smoothly without a hitch. I also have a script called 'blue toggle' that I invoke by typing 'btog..' and it switches the BT on and off. I used to hate having to mouse over to the top right and adjust these all the time. - Address book plugin: makes all my contacts easily at hand to send email and files directly to via Apple Mail or any other mail program you have set as the default. you can even select multiple recipients at once. - Calculator: this is handy from time to time to do quick math. invoke QS in text mode and then type the expression (e.g. 6 * 45.5) and then tab and type 'cal...' that will bring up calculate. the really cool thing is you get the answer in a new QS window that you can then use as a factor in your next calculation and on an on. - Services menu plugin: The services menu (found under any applications main menu across the mac OS) provides 'services' from all kinds of apps that support it but I would never have used them had it not been for this plugin that makes them accessibly as actions via QS directly. One tool that I used greatly with QS on tiger was 'dictionary' and it does not work anymore for some reason on Leopard but the services menu plugin quickly solved that because there is a new 'look up in dictionary' service that quicksilver can easily use to find definitions, thesaurus entries, wikipedia info and more all in one place using it. - Clipboard history: I just used this to copy and paste text to this post from an email I had just sent to another user. Very easy to use and always a keystroke away. There are a few more but you can get a feel for how valuable this little thing is to me on my mac. That's also why I am closely following its development to get an idea of where its going. Also note that I am using version B53 (3814) and am wary of upgrading since it could break my current useful functions and I am happy leaving it that way until I know for sure. It would be great to hear more from current QS users on what they are doing with this extremely versatile tool.
