On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:18 AM, Tony wrote: > 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 :)
Sounds interesting and I appreciate that it apparently works very well for Launchbar and I've never used it. But let me ask this. In the Quicksilver Command prefs today you can set "Switch to text mode if no match is found" and the behavior of Spacebar (including Show Item's Contents and QuickLook). It's perhaps not as robust as what you're describing, but I'm curious if you found those at all useful? Perhaps beefing that up a little is a better way to improve Quicksilver? Also I don't think I agree that services should appear as actions in the first pane. The way to get those for current selection should be to use command-escape to make the first pane be the selection and then choose an action in the second. I could perhaps see a user option to seed the first pane with the current selection if there is one in the current app. Howard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en
