Still not sure how long quicksilver will remain viable so whenever a new product comes along that might have a chance of replacing it, I go ahead and try it out. QSB however, like all similar apps, fails to even come close to the quicksilver potential.
QSB does what most app-launchers do and adds a quick link to searching the net, wow, not impressed. Unless it's obscured but possible, QSB doesn't have context-aware triggering (start your search with whatever is highlighted), which I use a lot for opening a folder from a finder dialog into the terminal, or to dig deeper into such a folder's sub-tree. Also to open a document with something other than the default app, which QSB can't do even if you find the document from it's search-box.
Any custom triggers? Since QuickSilver has such comprehensive trigger-support I don't have to install numerous apps to, lock my screen when I walk away, control itunes through key-combo's and various other common tasks.
I was really psyched about QSB when I heard of it, google tends to come up with realy useful software, but this time it's useless, it doesn't do anything that doesn't come with OSX's own software...
Google Quick Search Box
Keyboard-controlled launcher for your Mac and the web.
Version: 2.0.0.1447
Not quite quicksilver yet
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Windgazer Saturday, June 13 2009 @ 05:42 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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