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Alfred V2 Sneak Peek: Workflows

by neilmiddleton on 12/14/12, 1:40 PM with 18 comments

  • by danneu on 12/14/12, 3:55 PM

    I'll share a tip for Alfred that makes me faster on the computer:

    Think of all those times you google something just to click the first link. "twitter gem github", "ebay tickle me elmo", whatever.

    Reassign Alfred's I'm Feeling Lucky (Google) hotkey to "L".

    Now you can Opn+Space (whatever brings Alfred up), "l twitter gem github" or "l ebay tickle me elmo" and it brings you directly to the webpage.

    It's also nice because it lets you type where you want to go instead of wasting brain cpu cycles remembering the URL. "l hacker news". "l rails guides". Or even "l ebay". "l github".

    And you don't even need to have your browser open. Just do it from any other app. It's huge.

  • by empire29 on 12/14/12, 3:01 PM

    As a long time Alfred user, the workflow feature looks really astounding. Custom google searches were a huge boon to my productivity when developing (i can search APIs in a flash now).

    If im reading this correctly, with intelligent workflows I can populate my Alfred results list with carefully curated search results.

    This looks like the push I need to pony up and support andrew like i shouldve been doing all along.

  • by nicholassmith on 12/14/12, 3:41 PM

    I love Alfred, so this looks like a really solid update. It doesn't seem to be too in your face so it's just a nice treat for power users.

  • by tambourine_man on 12/14/12, 2:49 PM

    I use Alfred every day, but maybe this is getting a little beyond the program's scope. Hope it doesn't increase memory usage much.

  • by moe on 12/14/12, 4:39 PM

    I love Alfred, so my main hope is for it to retain its simplicity and speed during this update (I don't see myself using this feature as I don't use any of the current advanced features either - other than the calculator).

  • by mtrn on 12/14/12, 2:52 PM

    I love Quicksilver. How is Alfred better?

    Workflows also remind me of Apple's own Automator.

  • by lewisflude on 12/14/12, 2:39 PM

    I bought Alfred last week, it's incredible!

  • by tuananh on 12/14/12, 2:44 PM

    workflow opens a lot of possibilities!