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All mice must die! January 3, 2006

Posted by James Webster in : apple, software , trackback

Rui has a nice summary of how to configure Quicksilver to access the current application’s menu items. The upshot; all menu items can be easily navigated via the keyboard, generally in fewer keystrokes than the standard Ctrl-F2 keyboard shortcut.

In my book, any tool that lessens reliance on the mouse is a Good Thing. I just wish there was a way to pop-up the context menu in OS X… maybe there is but I have yet to find it.

Frankly, I think Quicksilver is one of the killer apps for OS X. I am deeply disappointed that there isn’t a decent equivalent for Windows. Candy Labs have a product AppRocket that implements a little of Quicksilver’s functionality for Windows, but not enough I am afraid.

All I need now is a decent way to navigate around a web page’s links without touching the keyboard; hmmm, maybe I need an eye tracker?!

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