I was able to greatly improve the performance under Leopard by replacing the Bezel interface with this one:
http://www.mygnu.com/julius/proj_silverflow.html Although beta, it is much snappier in Leopard than the built-in bezel theme. Looks nice, and seems stable. On Apr 26, 1:46 pm, Luhmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah. I still use it every day, so it works OK for me - but > performance seems less reliable since Leopard ... > > On Apr 24, 11:11 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That seems about right. I'll add that QS has always been in beta and > > some things have, as near as I can tell, never worked right. Saying > > QS is "unstable" is probably a bit strong. Some plugins aren't > > working that used to work (I tried to start a thread to track them but > > got very little feedback) and some (like iTunes) work better. If a > > plugin you use regularly is broken, then it's unstable for you, but > > given that everyone uses different plugins, it might be just fine for > > someone else. When things have broken badly (like the site going > > down) Alcor did fix things reasonably quickly, so unsupported is too > > strong a term too. > > > Howard > > > On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Luhmann wrote: > > > > Having read the FAQ and this thread, I *still* feel confused about the > > > state of Quicksilver. If I understand correctly, this is the current > > > situation: > > > > 1. The developer, Alcor decided that the original code base was too > > > messed up, so announced he would no longer be developing that > > > particular version of QS. > > > > 2. This was widely misinterpreted as meaning that QS is dead - but > > > that is incorrect. In fact, Alcor is simply working on a new version > > > of QS which will be even better than the old one. > > > > 3. Meanwhile, a lot of Leopard users are frustrated by the performance > > > of the current version of QS, and Ankur Kothari has taken it upon > > > himself to make improvements to the current code base. Those can be > > > found here: > > > >http://lipidity.com/software/quicksilver/ > > > > However, while some people have been able to make it work, it is not > > > recommended for the average user, and breaks some features of QS. > > > > 4. So the end result is that current QS users have a choice between > > > the official unstable version and an unofficial unstable version, but > > > at some unspecified distant time in the future Alcor will release a > > > new and improved version which he is working on when he isn't at his > > > day job with Google. Money will not speed this process along, nor will > > > complaining on the forums. So ... patience. > > > > Is this correct?
