That's cool, Daniel. The existing Convert Units To... 
<http://qsapp.com/wiki/Convert_Units_To> action on the wiki uses OS X's 
built-in units command, so no API keys or internet connection are required 
for it, but more options (like WolframAlpha's awesome power) are always 
good. :)

On Friday, August 8, 2014 9:05:32 PM UTC-6, Daniel wrote:
>
> I wrote a combination AppleScript/PHP Action that queries WolframAlpha and 
> returns the result. I've now posted it on the Wiki 
> <http://qsapp.com/wiki/Query_WolframAlpha_%28AppleScript%29>. Something 
> similar could perhaps be written for Google Search with unit conversion 
> specifically in mind—do a request and look for the characteristic box at 
> the top. At a quick glance you'll want to use a mobile browser user-agent 
> to get a relatively lightweight page, without all the crap the normal 
> Google search pages have. Amusingly if you set your user-agent to "Lynx" 
> Google serves a *really* lightweight page, but one which no longer 
> contains the calculator result...
>
> On Friday, August 8, 2014 9:33:27 AM UTC-4, hmelman wrote:
>>
>> If you have an internet connection, a web search with Google or Wolfram 
>> Alpha works well for various conversions. 
>>
>> Howard 
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]> 
>> wrote: 
>>
>> > No, unfortunately the source code was not available, so we were unable 
>> to update the plugin. 
>> > 
>> > No replacement has been made as of yet 
>> > 
>> > On 6 Awst 2014, at 15:28, Adam Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> > 
>> >> I can't find this in the plug-ins list. Is it still available? It 
>> sounds incredibly useful. 
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks, 
>> >> 
>> >> Adam 
>> >> 
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