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An end to Quicksilver?

Spotlight has been rejiggered in Leopard. Now it displays the names of matching *programs* instantaneously, before Spotlight has built the rest of the menu of results. And a simple Enter is all that’s necessary to open the first listed result (not Command-Enter). In all, finding and opening a certain program takes under one second.

Finally, Spotlight has caught up to Quicksilver in that one important regard. It could be the end for Quicksilver on my laptop as I use it primarily to launch apps. Obviously for more advanced users of Quicksilver the Spotlight updates won’t be enough.

I am still undecided about paying €129 for the upgrade though. A few reviews today might sway it.

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neil c 1 year ago 1 point
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I'm about to drive to the local mac supplier and pick up a copy.

why?

-DTrace. As an engineer this is a huge new step. The benefits for applications are downstream but it think they will be far reaching.

-Performance improvements. Each Mac OS has improved on the same hardware. and spotlight is seemingly a lot more usable.

-I'm a sucker for upgrades

The best and most compressive review by far is the on at arstechnica
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5...
There is a discussion of the Qucksilver / spotlight issue on page 15.

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