I Love Launchy. It’s not as powerful as other keyboard launchers like FARR, but it suits me just fine. I’ve been using Delicious for bookmark management for a long time now, and today, as I was looking for some articles I had bookmarked at work the other day, my “meta” self was thinking “Hey, slow-ass, why are you Clicking the bookmark icon, searching for a filter, and then clicking on the link? That’s, like, too much mousing”.
For me, automation has become a habit. It’s like I’ve spawned a thread that sits behind me, watching to see when I’m doing stuff slowly, and it pokes me when it observes un-optimized behavior. It’s a cruel master. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Consequently, I decided it was worth investigating whether Launchy could easily fire up delicious bookmarks. After a bit of Googlin’, I found it in a comment.
Here’s how to configure it:
Options, Plugin tab, Weby, add +
Name: delicious
URL: http://delilcious.com/
Query: search?p=%s&u=yourUsername
To launch:
- alt-space to pop up launchy
- type “delicious”. You can probably get away with just typing “de” or “del”
- hit the TAB key
- type your query
- Hit enter
Here’s what it looks like when you follow steps 1-4:
4 comments:
Excellent idea! I'm really trying to get into the habit of stopping myself when I do anything more than twice and look to see if I should automate it... Autohotkey, FARR, snippet, etc.
Though lately I'm getting too many keyboard shortcuts to remember!!! :)
I have the same problem Jim. I'll tell you another problem I have: when I work at home and have to log into work over VPN using citrix or even vmware, I feel like I work so much slower b/c keyboard shortcuts often don't translate, or translate poorly. Not having launchy... and having to open stuff manually, makes me feel like a turtle.
It is very usesful information to bookmark using delicious social bookmarking. Thank you for your kindness to share wit us.
Respectfully,
Amin SFI work at home
I am always browsing online for ideas that can assist me. Thanks!
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