Quicksilver, the Swiss Army Knife of productivity apps, can do just about everything except file your taxes and bake you warm delicious cookies.
Lifehacker’s Adam Pash calls it the “the best productivity application on the market today,” aptly summarizing its power:
Sounds fantastic, but there’s gotta be a catch, right?
Yep, it’s Mac only.
Before you start shaking your fists and hurling rocks through Steve Jobs’ window, check out Scott Hanselman’s list of Quicksilver-like launchers for the PC. Scott’s done a great job summarizing each app with a review and shot. His list includes:
- Slickrun
- SmartStartMenu
- slimKEYS
- Colibri
- Launchy
- AppRocket
- ActiveWords
- Dave’s Quick Search Bar
- Google Desktop
- Find and Run Robot
While none of these apps perfectly replicate all of Quicksilver’s functions, Scott recommends Colibri for the closest experience.
1 comment:
Have you not heard of Keybreeze? I think it actually has more features than Quicksilver, but it only works for Windows. You can use it to launch files and folders, search your computer, search websites, create notes, run macros for automation, perform system tasks, and a lot more. Check it out... it's free.
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