convore.json/groups/tech/quicksilver-or-alfred/messages.json

[{"user_id": 12843, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297929741.0754859, "message": "Just noticed Alfred today: http://www.alfredapp.com/ ... already feel like a dusty old timer (said to myself: bah, they can't outdo QS)", "group_id": 97, "id": 129974}, {"user_id": 11816, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297942724.53036, "message": "im still a quicksilver user. The things it can do with files and folders is awesome. Browsing, moving, zipping, scaling images, emailing and so on. Im sure alfred has some equal things to this but i havnt had the same luck with it", "group_id": 97, "id": 130866}, {"user_id": 4893, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297942785.0165119, "message": "I really like the look and feel of Alfred, but feature-wise the core package is no match for QuickSilver or Launchbar.", "group_id": 97, "id": 130877}, {"user_id": 6718, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297955691.98509, "message": "Alfred PLUS the power pack is sexy and powerful (probably not 100% of qS). I ditched Quicksilver mainly due to its' constant and sometimes crippling bugs. My vote definitely goes to the awesome peeps behind Alfred.", "group_id": 97, "id": 132366}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297955224.5613461, "message": "alfred is a solid launcher. If you want more, look elsewhere.", "group_id": 97, "id": 132285}, {"user_id": 8837, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297966741.0999849, "message": "I've switched over to using Alfred as a launcher and Apptivate for global keyboard shortcuts (mainly Lock Workstation) but then I was never a super advanced Quicksilver user. There's also Google's Quick Search Box but it seems like it might be a dead project.", "group_id": 97, "id": 133820}, {"user_id": 3314, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297976010.2318239, "message": "Quicksilver had slowed down so much for me that it was nearly unusable. I switched to Alfred shortly after the Mac App store came out, and I've been pretty happy with it. I can't control my music with keyboard shortcuts anymore, but that hasn't been too bad of a loss.", "group_id": 97, "id": 135787}, {"user_id": 242, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297977044.0647631, "message": "I've been using alfred quite a bit.  Haven't explored any more of it's advanced features, but I've considered pairing it's search functionality with http://dev.svetlyak.ru/cony-in-the-bottle-en/ to allow me to extend it with python.", "group_id": 97, "id": 135975}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297987405.477288, "message": "i never grokked Quicksilver's advanced features so i had already switched to LaunchBar for a couple years. so far i like how Alfred looks better, and it also does the most advanced thing i used with LaunchBar (inline calculator)", "group_id": 97, "id": 138065}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1297987440.0736301, "message": "i have CoverSutra's shortcuts to control music so i guess i didn't miss that", "group_id": 97, "id": 138071}, {"user_id": 3417, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298001487.4503291, "message": "Alfred.", "group_id": 97, "id": 139698}, {"user_id": 9060, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298202259.836545, "message": "still use Quicksilver (not slow for me) but this is the first I've heard of Alfred. I'll give it a try", "group_id": 97, "id": 153062}, {"user_id": 2889, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298222318.1706159, "message": "I've switched to Alfred. I was never much of a power user for all of the quicksilver features, and Alfred fits me better.", "group_id": 97, "id": 154183}, {"user_id": 8936, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298223773.1379831, "message": "How do these compare to LaunchBar? I switched to LB when QS became untenable.", "group_id": 97, "id": 154242}, {"user_id": 14243, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298258400.170089, "message": "Spotlight just does what I need, no need to add more things on my memory stack :P", "group_id": 97, "id": 155848}, {"user_id": 275, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298300319.882699, "message": "I still use QS here, mostly as a launcher, and mostly b/c it's free-as-in-beer. I never used too many of the fancy features (I turn off many of the plugins/catalogs) so it's pretty stable for me.", "group_id": 97, "id": 159126}, {"user_id": 2672, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298304850.7544761, "message": "alfred is quite amazing", "group_id": 97, "id": 159557}, {"user_id": 242, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298306773.155869, "message": "@steveivy It's actually free as in speech\u2026 http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/", "group_id": 97, "id": 159739}, {"user_id": 275, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298322506.111063, "message": "@dreid  yeah i know, but i *use* it b/c it's free-as-in-beer :-)", "group_id": 97, "id": 169514}, {"user_id": 12169, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298331786.4937551, "message": "I switched from QS (my first Mac launcher [sigh] but had become slow, buggy at times) to Alfred a month ago. I'm liking it. Check out Alfred's Custom Searches (available in base app) \u2014 I use it to configure my frequently used URL (http:// and file:///) shortcuts. With the keyword field you can create a simple namespace that works the way your memory does (e.g. work-email, home-email, work-basecamp, client-a-basecamp, etc).", "group_id": 97, "id": 175546}, {"user_id": 12641, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298351163.8870251, "message": "A friend recommended LaunchBar to me over QS last year and I started using it.  I've never looked back.  LB is either as simple as you want or very powerful... it stays out of your way and takes little memory overhead.  If you don't mind paying for something, I highly recommend it.", "group_id": 97, "id": 177174}, {"user_id": 14386, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298375778.8942821, "message": "I love Alfred. It's how I switch and launch between all apps now.", "group_id": 97, "id": 178678}, {"user_id": 544, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298378334.12798, "message": "I switched to Alfred on my Air a while ago, but still have QS on the iMac I'm using as well. Mainly, I think I should get the Power Pack for Alfred, and hope they expand its feature set regularly until it has everything I use QS for that isn't in Alfred yet", "group_id": 97, "id": 178824}, {"user_id": 544, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298378368.277169, "message": "Stuff like address book lookup and copying specific fields from a person's vcard,  iTunes controls, etc.", "group_id": 97, "id": 178828}, {"user_id": 14386, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298375879.5513639, "message": "Launchbar turned me off somehow - maybe the UI, maybe too many features - or maybe just that it wasn't free. Alfred is simple, fast, and all I needed.", "group_id": 97, "id": 178687}, {"user_id": 544, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298378205.879715, "message": "@aseba No need if you use Spotlight, yeah, that thing is a beast!", "group_id": 97, "id": 178818}, {"user_id": 544, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6822, "date_created": 1298378452.937217, "message": "Some of that (like iTunes controls) can be done with other apps, but I really prefer minimizing the number of helper apps and utilities I run, and something like CoverSutra would only be an option to me if I had a *lot* more RAM and horsepower.  I need too many different apps open for my work :/", "group_id": 97, "id": 178831}]