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Open Thread: Quicksilver podcast questions
Merlin Also | Jul 28 2006
Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver The response to the MacBreak on Quicksilver has been enthusiastic to say the least. Thanks to everyone who's sent emails saying they now "finally 'get' Quicksilver." That's really cool to hear. Based on lots of the messages, though, there's still lots of questions about setting up Quicksilver, loading plugins, and configuring things the way you like -- especially as seen in the video. As we've observed on the site many times, the ramp-up to full-on Quicksilver configuration can be a bitch. I want to try and route all the questions and answers into this one thread if I can. So, there's a few links below that I [="Red"]REALLY[/] encourage you to explore thoroughly before asking questions (I swear most all the answers are out there), but if you have a question not answered, the 43 Folders hive mind and I can try to help you out. Ask away (after you've really really looked for the answer on your own, okay?). My access over the next few days is limited, so any help from the Quicksilver studs out there is greatly appreciated! Good Quicksilver links:
Quicksilver power users: feel free to chime in as well with your favorite links, tutorials, and responses to questions from the new folks. Many thanks in advance. 51 Comments
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 ... The tutorial I'd like...Submitted by noodle on September 3, 2007 - 11:35am.
robertm;7108 wrote:
... The tutorial I'd like to see is one that focused on the Quicksilver keystrokes for the most commonly used tasks. These don't necessarily have to be flashy or imaginative. If they save time and were generic enough that I could use them immediately I think I'd "get" the advantages (and the underlying concepts) that much more quickly. Things I didn't know months after using QS regularly: Select a file in Finder, or any text in any app, or a picture, or anything and hit cmd-escape to bring up the selected item in Quicksilver. Select a bunch of files in Finder, invoke QS and press cmd-g to pull those files into the first pane. With an image in the first pane, tab to the 2nd pane to choose scale image action. This also works with several images in the first pane. Tab to the 3rd pane and enter 50% to decrease the size of the image by half. Read the manual (thanks for the link, Evan) for more info on scaling images. » POSTED IN:
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