Hi Patrick, Thx for the detailed response. I just added a bunch of issues in GH but by far the most important issue in my eyes is the QS scope issue. I really think this would open up a lot of possibilities in QS.
Keep up the great work, and i cant wait for the update!! On Apr 12, 6:48 pm, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Issues: > > 1. Submit a bug / feature request > here:https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues > I like this idea and can see it being useful so it's worth adding it. > > 2. I saw your tweets with @LoveQuicksilver. Is this a bug that's not working > in Quicksilver, or just something Quicksilver doesn't do (gasps!) > > 3. This is fixed in the latest version, due to be released soon :) > > 4. I don't use SocialBookmarks so am unable to use that example. But I do > like the idea of having a checkbox next to the 'omit source item' saying > 'only source item' > > 5. The main way to increase speed is to decrease the number of objects in > your catalog and disable plugins you don't use. Having said that, speed > should be increased in the next version a little. > It's true that displaying the available actions check can slow things down, > but a delay would most certainly make things too slow for a lot of users. > You can speed things up by changing the 'show other matches' option in the > QS Prefs under 'Command' > > 6. I think that's due to there being no Thunderbird plugin, but I'm not sure > on this one. > > 7. Submit a bug at the link above :) > > * For any of these, you could submit bug/feature requests. > > Suggestions: > > 1. Maybe we should have that as an option, but it'd just add another > variable to QS - whilst we're trying to keep it simple. It seems like a > decent idea though. > > 2. Are you reading our minds? This was just mentioned in the Developers > discussion, so I think there may be some interest in this idea. > > 3. You could use the spotlight plugin and then search for "kind:pdf" -> > spotlight. But it's a nice idea. Something we probably won't implement > straight away though, unless a developer picks this up (do you have any > friends who are devs? Twist their arm!) > > 4. There is no 4! > > 5. Difficult to do, but would be nice. I think bringing up QS and hitting > CMD+R is fine for me at the moment. It may also make QS quite a lot more > resource intensive. Does LB use spotlight's index? In which case, it doesn't > have to do any work. > > Really good suggestions, and I would recommend you place them as bugs on > Github, or start individual topics here for the most important ones in your > eyes so they can be discussed and potentially developed. > > On 13 April 2011 08:06, sCi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > First off just wanted to say how exciting it is to see QS being > > actively developed again!!! One of the main reasons i switched to Macs > > was just to use QS, lol. > > > Anyway after moving to LaunchBar after QS became buggy i am starting > > to transition back to QS and loving the increased flexibility and > > power that QS offers. That being said there are a few things that i > > have gotten really used in my workflow that i would love to see fixed/ > > implemented in QS, some of which i have tweeted to @LoveQuicksilver > > (awesome tweets btw!) > > > Issues: > > > 1. The ability to choose QS as the scope for a trigger, meaning the > > trigger will only be active when the QS command window is active. > > Tried enabling menu and dock items but no luck. The reason i prefer > > this to global triggers is because being mostly a keyboard user i > > already have so many hotkeys setup globally as well as within the apps > > i use, especially apps like textmate/xcode, that being able to execute > > triggers only within QS would be much easier to use and remember. > > > 2. Enable right arrow into Apps to show recent items. Really gotten > > used to using this one and often times this is the way i will launch > > an app. > > > 3. App icons when using certain proxy objects such as Show all > > Windows, Current Application, etc.. dont appear to be working and > > instead a big white ? is shown. > > > 4. Only have certain catalog entries show up when using a specific > > keyword and right arrowing into it. Initially i thought this is what > > would happen if you unchecked the "Include in Global catalog" setting > > although it doesnt. This would really come in handy for catalog > > entries like social bookmarks where i dont want its thousands of > > entries to clutter my master search catalog. Also similar to LB > > "Access items via Sub Search Only". > > > 5. Speed!!! While QS definitely feels a lot faster it still could use > > a bit of work in this area. Perhaps limiting the results to some user > > defined value instead of showing all results? Or also adding a delay > > before showing the avail actions for an object, which seems like it > > slows down things a bit? > > > 6. Setting default as mail handler always goes back to Mail.app > > instead of default? Using Thunderbird as mail app composing an email > > works fine however Compose with item doesnt work. > > > 7. The resizing of the result windows arent remembered between > > restarts. Not major but would be nice. > > > Suggestions: > > > 1. Enable delete key to delete only the last typed character. I am > > sure this has been brought up numerous times and it probably goes > > against the meaning of QS : ) but it just feels foreign to me that i > > have to retype what i am looking for when making a mistake. I know > > that over time QS gets better at predicting my searches but i already > > have the muscle memory built in to delete a character automatically > > when i make a mistake which makes it very frustrating when i have to > > retype the whole search. Also QS is the only launcher i have seen with > > this behavior and i think this might also be very frustrating behavior > > for new users. > > > 2. Ability to sort folder contents by modified, size, name, etc. by > > pressing an additional key when right arrowing into a folder similar > > to how showing hidden files by Option-arrowing into a folder works. > > Extremely useful for things like downloaded files, etc which havent > > been indexed yet! > > > 3. Something similar to LB Categories which allows you to search for > > all files in the catalog of a certain type. I find this to be a very > > intuitive way to quickly search through all pdf, txt, doc, png, etc > > files. > > > 5. Real time catalog updates via some kind of dir watcher. > > > I apologize for the long post, probably should have broken this up > > into several emails but once i got started i just kept going :) > > > Thx > > Tony
