Well it's a good thought that has no right answer. Interesting to note, that I came up with almost the same search scheme as Melman for my search hotkeys, independently of him! ctrl-cmd-s for google, z does amazon, a goes google maps, e does dictionary, and x does wikipedia. The shifted version of each inverts the command and uses the current selection as the search string.
F1-F5 launch common apps, but I rarely use that. ctrl-shift-w brings up my clipboard history (this because I set it up before i set up the wikipedia search and I'll never change it now). You will find it is most convenient to make triggers than can be activated with only your left hand. This way you can sip your beer and search google at the same time. To this end, z,x,a,s,d,f,g,q,w,e,r,t,1,2,3,4 are the most convenient letters to use. The ones in the bottom row are not convenient to use if you have to press three meta keys at once, but it's doable. One thing I do recommend is not using quicksilver to duplicate functionality that is built in. For instance, there's no need for a sleep trigger because opt-cmd-eject does this built in. How many trigs are you going to use? They're only worth learning for very common actions... On Sep 7, 7:14 pm, Benton G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to avoid collisions, I try to use the ctrl and option keys a > lot, since most applications exclusively use Shift and Cmd as the > modifier keys (unless you run something like GIMP or OpenOffice.org > inside X11). For opening applications, I use "Ctrl-Cmd-...", for > stuff like the shelf, clipboard and stuff like that, I use "Option- > function key", and for scripts like "Fast Logout" and "Sleep", I use > "Ctrl-Option-Cmd-..." and the ellipses is some letter that I can > associate with the name of the script, like "S" for Sleep, "F" for > Fast Logout, etc. > > Those are some ideas. Like Howard said, it's all up to what you think > you can remember and how you like to have everything set up. > > --Benton > > On Sep 5, 1:15 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 5, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Chris wrote: > > > > i read this in http://mysite.verizon.net/hmelman/Quicksilver.pdf > > > > [quote]It’s useful to assign triggers to HotKeys in some pattern so > > > they are > > > easier to remember. I use > > > ⌃⌘W to search Wikipedia for text I enter, and I add ⇧ to the se- > > > quence to search for selected text. I have similar pairs of triggers > > > for other quick searches such > > > as Google ( > > > ⌃⌘G), IMDB (⌃⌘M), and Amazon (Z). These triggers are some of > > > the most > > > frequent ways I use Quicksilver. [/quote] > > > > I am still not very comfortable understanding what shortcuts should i > > > set. I want some guidance on how to avoid using conflicting shortcuts > > > and secondly what keys to set for different actions in the same app. > > > (e.g. say i have four triggers relating to Safari, i want to include > > > "S" somewhere in my shortcut to remind me of Safari but what should be > > > the other shortcut if i use "S" for one of them. > > > It's hard to advise since it's what's easiest for you to remember and > > involves what other shortcuts you might have or use regularly. It's > > also difficult to suggest things without knowing what triggers you're > > considering. Techniques involving using mnemonics as I described > > above, or using adjacent keys for similar things (cut, copy and paste > > are on ⌘X, ⌘C, ⌘V) or function keys, etc. > > > HotKeys are easy to change in the Triggers Preferences Panel so don't > > be afraid to try something and correct things if it doesn't work out. > > > Howard
