NewtonTalk.net June 2009 archive: Re: [NTLK] [OT] New iPhones/iP

From: <Reilly001os_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 05:36:18 EDT

Steve,
Yep we're on the same page. I actually found QS by the tagging add on which works but it doesn't keep track of what tags you've used so once you get past a dozen or so tags things get difficult to remember. Basicly you'd select a file, activate QS, activate the tagging add on and type a tag.
Yes, that's pretty much how I use assist. Print, schedule, email, and todos (remind me to) are the main ones I used, although I almost always used some longer synonym form that included exact dates, names, etc for what I wanted to do. I think my newt had a few keywords from 3rd party apps also but its been awhile and I don't remember them so I probably didn't use them.

Joe Reilly
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From: Steven Scotten
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On Jun 14, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Reilly001os@aol.com wrote:
>
> I tried quick silver on my laptop for adding tags in the spotlight
> comment field but the add on for that didn't work to my liking so I
> found an app called tagbot that tags and then manages/keeps track of
> all tags you've applied (which QS didn't). I haven't had time to try
> the other functions in QS but they do look to have Assist potential
> from what I read about them. (so I can't really answer your question
> about my use of assist compared to QS as I haven't used QS enough)

I'm not familiar with tagging features in Quicksilver, so I'm not
convinced we're talking about the same product. Might be my ignorance
tho.

The Quicksilver I'm referring to is basically an application launcher
that pops up from a keyboard command (I use Command-space since I find
Spotlight annoying in the non-windowed form.) I use it like this: CMD-
space, then type a few letters of a persons name until QS shows me
that person from the address book, then tab to get at options and type
M (for mail) and enter.

On one level it's just a keystroke-based launcher, but taking it out
of the keystroke context and narrating the information I give it
sounds something like "Bob, mail." and it grabs the information from
one context and passes it to an action in another application. It's
keystroke-based for speed and efficiency, not intuitiveness.

That's the sort of thing I'm asking about whether it's what you do
with Assist: give information and commands from different contexts and
let the device issue the commands for you. Am I understanding it?

Thanks,

Steve

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