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Posted 14 January 2011 - 07:53 AM
Me too! It's really awesome.
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Posted 14 January 2011 - 08:25 AM
I dumped Google Quick Search Box for Alfred! So much happier now! If Spotlight showed up like Alfred (in the center of the screen), I'd probably use it more. But I like Alfred's responsiveness as opposed to Spotlight. Besides it's free. So try it!
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Posted 14 January 2011 - 08:31 AM
stoneage, on 14 January 2011 - 07:55 AM, said:
I don't understand why people just don't use Spotlight. Com/Space, type, click. So easy.
Not easy enough. Spotlight doesn't learn my abbreviations. With this tools I can invoke it, PS for Photoshop, PB for Photo Booth, IP for iPhoto… making all my most-used applications two or three keystrokes away.
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Posted 14 January 2011 - 11:09 AM
I can only deduce -- using industry conventions for how version numbers are assigned -- that Alfred's 0.8 version label indicates alpha or beta software.
Why is Macworld reviewing prerelease software?
I've seen this more than once in the Mac App store. As an iOS developer, Apple explicitly forbids beta or alpha software in the store. I'm not in the Mac App store as a developer, but I can say as consumer, it's not very encouraging.
Why is Macworld reviewing prerelease software?
I've seen this more than once in the Mac App store. As an iOS developer, Apple explicitly forbids beta or alpha software in the store. I'm not in the Mac App store as a developer, but I can say as consumer, it's not very encouraging.
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Posted 15 January 2011 - 01:12 PM
macspot, on 14 January 2011 - 11:09 AM, said:
I can only deduce -- using industry conventions for how version numbers are assigned -- that Alfred's 0.8 version label indicates alpha or beta software.
Why is Macworld reviewing prerelease software?
I've seen this more than once in the Mac App store. As an iOS developer, Apple explicitly forbids beta or alpha software in the store. I'm not in the Mac App store as a developer, but I can say as consumer, it's not very encouraging.
Why is Macworld reviewing prerelease software?
I've seen this more than once in the Mac App store. As an iOS developer, Apple explicitly forbids beta or alpha software in the store. I'm not in the Mac App store as a developer, but I can say as consumer, it's not very encouraging.
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(Alfred is currently at version 0.8—the developer brought it out of beta so it could be included in the Mac App Store immediately, rather than waiting for a few forthcoming features to be finalized. So Alfred is ready now, and will be even better soon.)
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Posted 15 January 2011 - 11:21 PM
It's okay, but not great. While I don't have the "Powerpack", in the free form, it's really only useful for launching apps. The approach used to access files adds an extra step and as such makes it a bit of a pain. Plus, it doesn't have a Quicklook option for the files. I use that feature in LaunchBar for a quick peek at PDF transit schedules.
I recommend that people should use LaunchBar instead. I find LaunchBar far more responsive (Alfred always seems to have a noticeable delay in popping up) and it has a number of really nice features (like event creation, custom searches). While LaunchBar costs money and Alfred is free, the extra cost is worth it.
I recommend that people should use LaunchBar instead. I find LaunchBar far more responsive (Alfred always seems to have a noticeable delay in popping up) and it has a number of really nice features (like event creation, custom searches). While LaunchBar costs money and Alfred is free, the extra cost is worth it.
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Posted 16 January 2011 - 07:48 AM
You truly have to use the Powerpack features in Alfred (or the extended features in any of these launcher apps) to understand why they're so much better than just using Spotlight.
There's no comparison.
There's no comparison.
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Posted 16 January 2011 - 06:19 PM
jrdvt, on 15 January 2011 - 09:34 AM, said:
I've never been able to figure out why launching a launcher, typing a text string, and choosing from the presented choices is considered to be easier or faster than clicking on the app's Dock icon.
It can be quicker if you are working primarily from the keyboard. For example most of the commonly used programs are a single letter abbreviation in Alfred, so I hit cmd-space then 'p' and Photoshop is opening. I can do that in a fraction of a second. Reaching for the mouse and moving to the dock then clicking on the icon would be slower. However, the bigger issue is that I don't keep Photoshop on my dock. I use too many applications to keep them all on my dock so an app launcher is much easier than navigating through the application folder to find the application icon.
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Posted 16 January 2011 - 09:05 PM
stoneage, on 14 January 2011 - 07:55 AM, said:
I don't understand why people just don't use Spotlight. Com/Space, type, click. So easy.
People, stop making yourselves look like fools. You obviously don't have the app. Everyone who's used it loves it. So, here's why I use it rather than Spotlight: there are seventy-seven different options in the Features preferences, in the free version. And you can't compare the Spotlight options, because Alfred actually uses them (at least the privacy ones). So… get it. It's great.
