On Jun 11, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2012, at 7:28 AM, Patrick Robertson wrote:
>
>> I would actually like to quick look URLs and not 'browse' them. But if the
>> Quicklook option is put before the 'move down' option (switch 2 and 3 around
>> in the list below) then you get the problem of Quicklooking folders, when
>> what you most likely want to do is 'move down' into them.
>
> There are already *two* modifier-free keystrokes for browsing into things (→
> and /). Spacebar doesn’t need to do this, too. Problem solved. :-)
>
> Many of the other suggestions are also solved. Getting into text mode can
> already be done with a single key (.). So can running a user-selectable
> default action (↩). And these things aren’t context-sensitive, so you don’t
> have to guess (or try to learn/remember) what’s going to happen.
>
> That’s not to say I wouldn’t like smarter spacebar behavior, but the only
> real-world scenario where I’ve found Quick Look to be undesirable is when I’m
> typing quickly and expecting it to “switch to text mode if no match is
> found”. I’m not really sure how that could be determined automatically,
> though. “Typing quickly” is a pretty fuzzy thing to test.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the response although I believe you are missing the point somewhat.
The idea behind my suggestion is to actually simplify things instead of adding
yet another key to remember. I think for someone who has been using QS for a
while those actions seem natural to you however for a new user, or someone who
prefers a simplified workflow, you only have to remember one key instead of 3+.
Especially when using one key in the order mentioned by Patrick covers the
majority of use cases out there. Not sure if you have used Launchbar but it
works a lot better then it might sound.
For example if you use spacebar for quick look what is the point of activating
it on folders or apps? Likewise if you have it set to show contents it's
annoying to not have spacebar activate quick look like it does everywhere else
on your mac.
I also feel that the spacebar is such a fluid key which is much easier to use
then other keys. Granted it might not be for everyone but as I mentioned in the
other thread there are already 6 other spacebar behavior options so I don't see
the harm in adding one more "smarter" option :)
Tony
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