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Hobbes
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2005-04-06, 14:53

Yup, Apple saw the light -- command-space will send you straight to the Spotlight search field. Option-command-space opens up an extended Spotlight window. You can remap these commands as well if you wish.

I'm more familiar with QS than LB, but I think the QS UI is still better than Apple's UI for Spotlight -- QS is a bit smarter, w/r/t being better able to guess what you want from your launch history, and can do it in fewer keystrokes. Not to mention that it is incredibly extendable. (Of course QS/LB will adopt Spotlight technology faster than you can blink -- the next version of QS is already expected to be Tiger-only.)

So yeah, I still see a place for apps like QS or LB on Tiger.

But for the majority of users who've never used LB/QS (and perhaps for even some that have), Apple's UI for Spotlight IMO is definitely good enough -- it's a great introduction to this very efficient model of launching and, increasingly, even navigating.

Last edited by Hobbes : 2005-04-06 at 15:15.
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