I hadn't noticed the nulls being corrects as QS is run longer. I'm seeing that too now. It also seems to be fixing the missing icons (which I never thought was more than a cosmetic issue).
I have a custom web search list myself, because I don't want all the searches in the online one in my catalog. I'm not a naive user ;)
I still haven't tried mouse triggers, which I'm missing a lot. The shelf and clipboard history will be an issue for me and then I have to try to my triggers with the current web page url (or their apple script equivalent). Also my Finder Selection rename trigger doesn't work as well. On B54 the third pane was filled in with the old name there an highlighted so it was easy to just edit it or replace it entirely (it's this feature that's better than using an applescript). Unless I get these working, I can't say I can see how B56 on SL is better than B54 on Leopard. What things are better for you?
Howard On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:38 PM, elspub wrote:
Triggers are definately hairy in all the b56 builds. They've gotten slightly better. I am a completely unsuperstitious person, and am mostly rational about the way i go about using my computer. Yet when setting up triggers I've developed a strange, genuflecting, ritual where I set the trigger, close preferences, open preferences again and make sure the trigger is still there, relaunch QS (having never triggered the new trigger yet), open preferences and make sure the trigger is there, relaunch QS one more time. It seems to work, maybe 95% of the time... The "(null) Search For...) <?>" you saw, I'm assuming after setting up a web search. I saw the same after setting up mine as well, but the label returned to normal and the trigger works. I think that's because the "null" is looking for the websearch in your catalog and if you've gone to the triggers pane right after launching QS it hasn't loaded yet. The web search plug in works great, but its catalog of web searches (prefs>>catalog>>modules>>"web searches from docs.blacktree.com") can be funny. If you're using a web search from that, the icon usually ends up looking like a blank file, for example. I recommend creating a new catalog item. If you click and hold the plus sign to create a new catalog item, you'll see an option for a web search catalog item. In the sidebar for that item you can enter in your searches. Beyond fixing the icon, it also slims down your catalog (assuming you've unchecked "web searches from docs.blacktree.com". Make sure the url of your search is formatted correct. It's easier to show than explain, a screen shot: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43606...@n06/4037854495/"; title="ws catalog by ElasticThreads, on Flickr"><img src="http:// farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/4037854495_aa41acb1f6_o.jpg" width="1105" height="444" alt="ws catalog" /></a> good luck on your switch. For the most part Snow Leopard plus QS b56a7 is better than Leopard and b54
