Having been contact by the creator of the Fumo interface concept, Pavel, I am starting work on creating the a brand spanking new interface for Quicksilver. Take a look at the mockups he’s created.
While various difficulties (trying to write a plugin on top a system that I can’t see, using subclasses that I can’t see the implementations for, etc.) are proving to be tough challenges, Alcor (Nicholas Jitkoff) and ytrewq1 have been and are continuing to be most helpful in providing help when I need it. Alcor has already provided code for the “window” interface that I will be building on top of on, and ytrewq1 has assisted in overcoming various programming hurdles and provided some welcome encouragement.
That’s what’s so great about the Apple Mac Developer community - they’re ready to help people out and provide whatever assistance they can. Sure beats the “read the incoherent documentation” or “Google it” approach employed by various other operating systems regarding development troubleshooting.
And if you don’t know what Quicksilver is, or don’t use it, it’s time to get up and walk out of that dusty cave. Trust me, it’ll relegate Finder, Automator, and System Preferences to “lost somewhere in the HD”. It’s the best thing that happened to productivity, and once you start to tap into it’s power, you realize how much more it has. For example, I had a workflow to scale images. While playing around with the Quicksilver’s preferences, I found that you not only scale images, but also convert images to/from psd, jpg, png, gif, and a plethora of other formats. You can change your desktop background, move / copy / rename / delete files, add and delete lines from files without opening them, get into, do a Spotlight search. You can also add triggers (hotkeys), and integrate it with just about any application that exists. I mean, seriously, this thing is powerful. Get it now, use it now, and wait for Fumo.
Update: Download a (still unstable) version of Fumo from this post.
20 Comments so far
Leave a commentGood luck with it, it looks like a really good concept. I’d use it for sure.
professed by Joshua Bryant on November 28, 2006 4:26 pm | Permalink
Thanks Joshua,
It’s going to be tough to subclass all the QS classes as I don’t know which methods to override, but hopefully it’ll come together.
revealed by Ankur on November 30, 2006 1:48 pm | Permalink
Looks beautiful. Cant wait to see how it functions!
spoken by Mike Caputo on February 27, 2007 2:11 am | Permalink
I agree that it looks great
uttered by Life focus pro on March 5, 2007 10:22 pm | Permalink
Thanks. I’m trying to add a few surprises before the next update, so keep your eyes peeled!
published by Ankur on March 16, 2007 10:12 pm | Permalink
Love this interface!
Just an FYI in case others see similar issues with 10.4.9.
I was getting large, black blocking in windows on my second monitor only.
Saw some weird stuff in the console:
Mar 19 18:24:57 MacPro /Applications/Path Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Path Finder: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206
Mar 19 18:24:57 MacPro /Library/CFMSupport/CNQL1212_ButtonManager.app: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206
The screen basically froze and I saw this:
Mar 19 18:47:55 MacPro kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Mar 19 18:48:16 MacPro kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
Mar 19 18:48:33 MacPro kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
After some troubleshooting I tracked it down to QS. Simply bringing up the QS window resulted in the issue.
I removed the Fumo interface and all has been well so far.
If I can be of assistance, shoot me an email.
Looking forward to the final release.
cheers
determined by louis on March 20, 2007 11:16 am | Permalink
Thanks Louis. I get the black boxes as well, though it is rare. Hopefully it can be fixed up pretty soon.
proclaimed by Ankur on March 20, 2007 2:53 pm | Permalink
This is a fantastic concept. I am testing it out and look forward to the finished version.
determined by Jamie Phelps on April 9, 2007 9:55 am | Permalink
Hey Ankur, great work for a great app. Thanks a lot, this version looks awesome. Looking forward for the full version. Keep up the good work.
mentioned by Ankush on April 9, 2007 2:39 pm | Permalink
Thank you!
recorded by Ankur on April 9, 2007 2:52 pm | Permalink
Just a reminder that Pavel deserves most of the credit as he designed the original concept, and Alcor provided most of the code.
written by Ankur on April 9, 2007 2:54 pm | Permalink
Hi
Is this work in progress ? I really hope it is and I look forward to release of the mockup shown in this post. It would be terrible for everyone if the word was arrested
Great job ! bring that mockup to life !
recorded by Tablo on September 18, 2007 9:35 pm | Permalink
Tablo, progress on Fumo has halted because it’s just not possible to get any further right now.
I’m hopingThe Leopard version of Quicksilver will probably be much more flexible in this regard, so we’ll probably pick up work when that’s out. Just a few weeks more!announced by Ankur on September 19, 2007 6:10 am | Permalink
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