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Open Thread: Quicksilver podcast questions

Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver

The response to the MacBreak on Quicksilver has been enthusiastic to say the least. Thanks to everyone who's sent emails saying they now "finally 'get' Quicksilver." That's really cool to hear.

Based on lots of the messages, though, there's still lots of questions about setting up Quicksilver, loading plugins, and configuring things the way you like -- especially as seen in the video. As we've observed on the site many times, the ramp-up to full-on Quicksilver configuration can be a bitch.

I want to try and route all the questions and answers into this one thread if I can. So, there's a few links below that I [="Red"]REALLY[/] encourage you to explore thoroughly before asking questions (I swear most all the answers are out there), but if you have a question not answered, the 43 Folders hive mind and I can try to help you out. Ask away (after you've really really looked for the answer on your own, okay?).

My access over the next few days is limited, so any help from the Quicksilver studs out there is greatly appreciated!

Good Quicksilver links:

Quicksilver power users: feel free to chime in as well with your favorite links, tutorials, and responses to questions from the new folks. Many thanks in advance.

TOPICS: Mac OS X
ahasver's picture

QS and Skype

I am still looking for a way to dial phonenumbers in skype directly from qs. So far nothing helped and I was actually hoping that this could be the place to find answers that you don't find in the forums of QS. SO far I found a applescricpt that works for launchbar HEre it is
on handle_string(s)
if s starts with "tel:" then
set s to text 5 thru -1 of s
-- trims the URL's "tel:" scheme prefix
end if
if s does not start with "callto:" then
set s to "callto:" & s
end if

tell application "Skype" to get URL s
end handle_string

I don't get to work with QS prob because I am not smart enough. Is anybody here?? Thanks a bunch
Ahasver

 
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