BuddyPop: Quick, pop-up access to Address Book
BuddyPop is a small and unobtrusive app that provides quick access to your
Hitting the shortcut brings up a simple search dialog.
Type until you get the matches you are looking for, then BuddyPop extracts the information from your Address Book and displays it in an attractive pop-up like this:
Clicking on the email address starts a new message in
If “Dicko” gives you more than match, you can cycle through the contacts using the left and right arrow keys.
BuddyPop is highly configurable. You can change the default actions for clicking on each field, which fields to display or use as search criteria, the pop-up’s appearance and position on the screen, and the keyboard shortcut that activates it.
All of these settings are available through the app’s preferences pane:
A new version of BuddyPop (2.5.0) was released on Christmas Day, boasting a large number of improvements, including Skype,
Quicksilver handles this well enough for my (unsophisticated) needs. But if I Skyped or iChatted or BlueToothed more, I’d be using this.
BuddyPop is made by Tynsoe, who also make GeekTool and SSH Tunnel Manager. It is shareware (10 Euros) and available from Tynsoe’s web site.
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