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A friend of mine who's recently switched from Windows is quite used to the idea of accessing certain commonly used things (such as Explorer and Task Manager) using hotkeys (win-E and ctrl-alt-del), and he'd like to have equivalents for their Mac pendants. That is to say, he'd like to activate the Finder using something like ctrl-cmd-E, and Activity Monitor perhaps with ctrl-cmd-backspace.
I could accomplish that with Quicksilver, but I was wondering if there's a simpler solution. He won't need any of the advanced stuff; basically just a way to execute a task using a hotkey. |
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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Wow chucker, you've started answering your own queries, and within 7 minutes of posting.
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Well I thought others would benefit from this. Not that I'd minds others' suggestions and input.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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perhaps Quicksilver is what your friend needs..
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Like I said:
It would solve his problem, but I think he's far too novice at this point to use something like that. |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
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What about Butler?
I personally prefer it because it's just a lot faster and easier for me to configure than Quicksilver. (Admittedly, it is a lot less capable but it's still an extremely powerful utility in its own right.) It's free, too. "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Nah. Butler, LaunchBar, Quicksilver: all great accessories, but far beyond his needs right now.
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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You are allowed to use less than the full set of features on a software product, you know.
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