I used to use Active Words as well a few years back. It was a nice app but I think I stopped using it because it had a high system overhead and also it didn't seem to be very actively developed. Abandoned it in favour of apps like Launchy and AutoHotkey.
I think you're right, it would be a lot more intuitive than keyboard shortcuts, but, as with Active Words, I would worry about the system resources it might require. It might go against the "lean and mean" ethos of MLO. It's amazing how quickly you remember the keyboard shortcuts if you're using them all the time - it's like muscle memory in sport, you don't think about what keys you're pressing after a while. On Feb 4, 2:50 am, Luc Poitras <[email protected]> wrote: > Talking about free apps concerning hotkeys, have any of you ever heard about > "Activewords". If so, you think there's any added value of having something > similar integrated into mlo. I haven't used hotkeys for a while in mlo cause > I find them for my part to be too restreining. I would love to be able (just > like activewords) to type a keyword like ex: "*zcl* and then press F8 > (*z*oomed > view of *c*heck*l*ists folder in outline view)...just like > "activewords"...and a zoomed view of my checklists folder in outline view > would appear on my screen. The main purpose here is to had meaning behind > the active word I use so I don't forget it and secondly, having an infinite > choice of hotkeys to use to move from one place to another within mlo. > You tell me if I make sense here. This is just an idea! > Thanks! > Luc > > 2010/2/3 pottster <[email protected]> > > > There is an excellent free app called ActiveHotkeys which tests your > > system for active Global hotkeys. I would stress that this finds > > assigned GLOBAL hotkeys, you would still need to check for conflicting > > pre-assigned hotkeys within MLO. > > >http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=18189.msg162881 > > > Good Luck > > > On Feb 3, 12:25 am, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've seen hotkeys be re-assigned by other apps that I have open. In > > > particular, Photoshop elements uses the same hot key sequence as the > > > RTE dialog so I remapped it to have both work. You might take a > > > look at whether that hotkey is used elsewhere in or out of MLO. > > > > Lisa > > > > ---------- > > > Lisa Stroyan, mailto:[email protected] > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<mylifeorganized%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
