Fumo’s been taking steroids (aka. major update)

Firstly, thank you for your feedback. Without all your encouraging comments, constructive criticism and reports, none of this would be possible.
Secondly, I’m listening to what you’re asking for. Feel free to speak up and drop me a note.
Thirdly, this site has had a dramatic increase in traffic lately. Thank you to everyone who spread the link love or Dugg Fumo.

Your requests

Here’s what you requested for Fumo. All of it is available and working as of today.

Comma trick

The number one request was for the comma trick. Well, as of today, this feature is built right into Fumo using Quicksilver’s own ingenious system. Select an item, press comma, and select another one (or ten).

The comma trick

Tip: Use the comma trick in conjunction with compound commands for maximum efficiency and usefulness.

It smokes correctly

Previously, the smoke would pour out unnaturally from the side of Fumo, or in rare occasions, from different areas of the screen. That’s all been fixed. The only precaution needed is to make sure you don’t drag Fumo around in the first few seconds that it’s loading so the smoke doesn’t get confused about the position, but feel free to do pretty much anything and enjoy!

Choose your own smoke

Tired of that same old gray smoke every time? You can choose the color of the smoke in Disco - why not in Fumo? The new easy-to-use preference pane makes smoke customization easy so you can show off your own colors. And it’s not just the colors you can control. You can change the frame rate, blur amount, the initial temperature of the smoke and lots more in the preference pane. Start or stop the smoke anytime by simply hitting Cmd-S while Fumo is active.

Easy access to the menu

Cmd-comma isn’t for everyone, and there are instances where you need to access the Quicksilver menu. The handy little triangle lets you get into the nooks and crannies of the application.

It’s bigger

Did you know can drag and drop items straight into or out of Fumo? And now, a bigger interface means a bigger drop target giving you the ultimate flexibility and power to get things done more efficiently.

QS Fumo Drop Target

It’s available now

That’s right. Get your hands on it right this instant.

Get Fumo

Tip: Be sure to read the included readme file. It contains all the information you need to easily and successfully install and use Fumo.

Initial reports suggest that the smoke effect does not work on Mac Pros. Some people have also had trouble with dual monitors. The rule of thumb is that if Disco smokes for you and Fumo doesn’t, tell me about it; I need to fix something up. Don’t worry too much though; Fumo is still a sweet-looking interface even without the smoke. The new smoke framework means that the smoke will work on a much wider range of computers.

For the health-conscious, there is a non-smoking version also.

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any problems or if there’s anything I can do for you.