I strongly prefer QS now and for the future. The last thing I want to do is rely even more on Google (QSB). I already have so many services with Google, including my mobile phone that I refuse to add any more -- especially anything that involves indexing or sharing indexes on my personal computer with Google. That's my two cents.
On Jun 13, 10:24 am, sclough <[email protected]> wrote: > Functionality wise, I'm fine with the curent spotlight functionality. > I've just noticed the newer projects like QSB use spotlight for their > index. I'm assuming this overall reduces resources since QSB doesn't > have to maintain indexes and can just rely on spotlight. My > understanding is that QS will use spotlight to gather the data if you > use the plugin and set up sources, but it still has to manage it's own > index, thus providing a place where spotlight would add some > efficiency. Of course, I'm talking a little out of my league and > guessing how the software really works, so this could be a non-issue. > > On Jun 13, 5:23 am, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote:> On Jun 11, > 2010, at 4:25 PM, sclough wrote: > > > > Is there any active dev work going on, even if it's minor or is dev work > > > just for when Apple does a major OS update or something that breaks QS? > > > My sense is that there are a few devs out there that are planning to look > > at this or that as soon as they have time, but none of them currently have > > time. I’ll let you decide whether or not that’s “active”. :) > > > > I, for one, would love to see Quick Look integration. > > > There is a Quick Look action someone wrote a while back (it’s just an > > AppleScript), but I agree that true integration would be nice. Specifically: > > > * Being able to call up and dismiss Quick Look using the space bar (and I > > guess ⌘Y too for consistency) > > * Being able to leave Quick Look active as you select different items (as > > you can in the Finder) > > > > I'm assuming full Spotlight integration (like QSB) was pretty much > > > dropped and that the Spotlight module is the only QS - Spotlight > > > integration planned. > > > Other than being able to add things to the catalog using a Spotlight query > > and launch Spotlight searches from Quicksilver (which are already there), > > what sort of integration are you looking for? > > > -- > > Rob McBroom > > <http://www.skurfer.com/>
