*Quicksilver* is a handy *app and folder launcher* has quickly become one of
the essential applications on Mac. For those of you not familiar with
Quicksilver, it's an application that lets you *reach any program, folder or
file in a few keystrokes*. You don't have to go searching through your files,
you don't have to worry about how your folders are arranged. For many,
Quicksilver was a godsend in the pre-Spotlight Mac era. Although it's lost
some of its importance with the new powerful search and Finder features in
Leopard it still remains very much an excellent Mac application. The search
function is very quick and powerful and once you've found what you're looking
for you can apply a number of actions like simply launching it, emailing or
moving. What's more Quicksilver adapts to the file it finds, so if it's a
document you'll get to modify or send it, and if it's an email you'll get to
email or copy it. Quicksilver users also like the fact that the application
learns from what you search to bring up what you search for or use most.
Quicksilver wouldn't be what it is without its large *library of plugins*
though. This includes everything from dialing a phone number to interacting
with iTunes or image and text manipulation. This means you can really
customize the application to work according to your needs. The only downside
is the stability issues that Quicksilver seems to have. The application is
noted to crash every once in a while. *Despite this stability issue,
Quicksilver remains an incredibly intuitive and powerful multi-application
launcher for Mac. Recommended for productivity geeks.*Download *Quicksilver
1.0 b61* in Softonic
