New Quicksilver builds
Since the announcement that Quicksilver was going open source (back last November), things have been moving slowly along.
Etienne Samson is now producing new alpha builds which he is posting on the Quicksilver Google Code page 
. The latest build is timestamped 25 June and another build is imminent.
These new builds are modestly described as “only a bug fix version”, a clean-up operation while the creator of Quicksilver, Alcor, is reportedly “working on a complete re-write of the frameworks of Quicksilver and should hopefully release it soon”.
Nonetheless, some users (including me) find that the new builds are slightly zippier and have a smaller memory footprint. However, they are not so good for people using Mouse triggers, which are apparently broken.
Although based on some of his changes, these builds are not the same as the tweaking that Ankur is doing independently. His work also promises a much slicker build, but progress seems to be stalled.
What is Quicksilver?
Quicksilver is act without doing, work without effort, do your work then step back; it is empty yet infinitely capable; the more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
More accessible information on this absolutely kick-ass productivity tool can be found in the Quicksilver User Guide in the Quicksilver Google Group and/or in a beginner’s tutorial post by Lifehacker’s Adam Pash, MacBreak’s Quicksilver screencast and the AppleBlog’s screencast on using Quicksilver to send quick-fire emails.
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July 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
The latest build quits unexpectedly as soon as I launch it - could be something peculiar to my system, but I thought I’d let folk know that upgrading might not go smoothly.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Hmmm…. In the FAQ:
http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/web/faq
and in the discussions there are reports that the Shelf and filetagging plugins can cause problems with upgrades.
Works fine for me, although when all is said and done, it is an alpha build.
July 9th, 2008 at 2:40 am
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July 10th, 2008 at 2:26 am
I would suggest that you all look at the builds that Ankur (http://lipidity.com) is building. He is also cleaning up the code and is in the process of talking with Alcor about merging his branch with the main branch.
I ask that you don’t bug him too much, because I (and a fair amount of others) have been asking him every other day when the next release is going to be out.
You can download his latest version here: http://lipidity.com/software/quicksilver/
July 10th, 2008 at 5:28 am
I did not have the Shelf plugin installed, but the file tagging plugin caused it to crash. I removed it, QS has run fine since.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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