Re: Usability of terminals [Re: [Usability] Running gnome-terminal

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 19 Sep, 2005, at 11:35 AM, Eric Larson wrote:
> ...
> I have seen quicksilver and it is actually just another front end to
> spotlight.
> ...

Not really. Versions β37 and later use Spotlight for their searching, 
but Quicksilver can also do things like file management, clipboard 
management, calculating formulas, controlling running processes, 
looking up dictionary definitions, sending files or text to people, 
doing "fast user switching", pausing/playing iTunes, or anything else 
for which someone develops a plug-in. (Including running the selected 
text as a command in the Terminal.) It's not a search tool, it's a 
general-purpose interface for entering autocompleted commands.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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