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Quicksilver
Why would you need another app when almost every power-user has Quicksilver installed?
Quicksilver/address book plugin
Exactly. Install the Quicksilver address book plugin, then:
Quicksilver/address book plugin
What you described actually sounds like an argument FOR TapDex. :-)
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore Quicksilver and cannot imagine using a Mac without it. Even though I am the author of TapDex, if I have to pick one, I would pick Quicksilver over TapDex (luckily there's no reason I can't have both!). I use Quicksilver hundreds of times a day, but I don't use it to access my contacts. Following the steps you described, it takes me 14 keystrokes to reach my contact "Melissa". Using TapDex, I am there is 4 keystrokes and there's no need to pause, look at a list and select "Address Book" using the arrow key and then pause again to see if the search string "mel" actually lands me on that contact. Spotlight finds everything on your Mac, so why do we use Quicksilver to launch apps instead of Spotlight? Because it's made for that purpose and does it better than Spotlight. Similarly, TapDex is made for Address Book contacts and does that better than Quicksilver. TapDex is not for everyone, but if you look up contacts often enough, do give it a try. -Jay Teo www.YellowMug.com
Quicksilver/address book plugin
I don't know how you use Quicksilver to reach your Address Book's contacts but I need way less keystrokes to reach mine. I'd say 5 or 6 max. And even if Quicksilver wasn't done only to access contacts' information, it's plugin is more powerfull than TapDex IMHO. For example: in TapDex, are you able to select a file in the finder than press a keystroke, find a contact, open an e-mail message in Mail.app with the previously selected file attached, the subject line and the message pre-formatted? Or even send the mail directly from TapDex?
Quicksilver
14 keystrokes??! I can't think of anything in Quicksilver that takes that many keys. |
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