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Hi all.

 

I'm new to the Alfred PowerPack, and migrating from Quicksilver.  One of my most frequent use cases is to:

 

Type in say "versions" directly into Quicksilver (with chrome bookmarks added as a source), and the chrome link I use for "Versions" comes up quickly and ranked at the top.

 

Now, I've installed this workflow:

https://github.com/mdreizin/alfred-workflows

and changed its keyword to "c" for Chrome.

 

But now, is there any way I can get these niceties to happen:

1) [Removal of Keyword]  Not have to use the 'c' keyword when looking to go to Chrome --> so instead of typing "c Versions" to get to my Chrome bookmark, can I get this bookmark ranked high enough to only need to type "Versions".

2) [boost bookmark ranking]  When searching for "c Versions", the bookmark I want comes up as the 4th in the list.  I tried doing the same search 5 times in a row, and its rank doesn't change.  Is there a way I can boost the Chrome bookmark for "c Versions" to the highest slot? 

 

What do you guys think, can you help?

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Hi all.

 

I'm new to the Alfred PowerPack, and migrating from Quicksilver.  One of my most frequent use cases is to:

 

Type in say "versions" directly into Quicksilver (with chrome bookmarks added as a source), and the chrome link I use for "Versions" comes up quickly and ranked at the top.

 

Now, I've installed this workflow:

https://github.com/mdreizin/alfred-workflows

and changed its keyword to "c" for Chrome.

 

But now, is there any way I can get these niceties to happen:

1) [Removal of Keyword]  Not have to use the 'c' keyword when looking to go to Chrome --> so instead of typing "c Versions" to get to my Chrome bookmark, can I get this bookmark ranked high enough to only need to type "Versions".

2) [boost bookmark ranking]  When searching for "c Versions", the bookmark I want comes up as the 4th in the list.  I tried doing the same search 5 times in a row, and its rank doesn't change.  Is there a way I can boost the Chrome bookmark for "c Versions" to the highest slot? 

 

What do you guys think, can you help?

 

Welcome to Alfred :)

 

1. Removal of keyword - Alfred doesn't provide functionality to just add Chrome as a source for searching. You do have a few options though. First, workflows has several ways that they can be triggered. Two of the most popular are keyword and hotkey. If you wanted to bypass the keyword, one option would be to add a different trigger, like a hotkey. This would allow you to just use another hotkey (aside from your primary for Alfred) to go directly into the workflow without having to use the keyword. For instance, if your primary hotkey were Cmd+Space, you could assign Opt+Space to trigger the workflow and then just type directly without having to enter the keyword.

 

Since it seems like what you desire here isn't as much for a Chrome bookmark search but to visit a specific url, you could also create a hotkey to open that url directly. Perfect example, I use Opt+3 to open the link to the Alfred forums.

 

2. This is actually dependent on how the workflow is written. The workflow developer has the ability to assign an id to each result shown in the list or not. If the id is something that is the same for that bookmark every time it's shown, then Alfred would learn to prioritize it. If the developer did not assign an id to the results, then Alfred essentially sees it as a new result every time instead of it being the same one. 

 

Another option for this would be to simply make a Web Search for the url in question. If you go to Alfred's preferences, go to the Features tab, and then select Web Search, you can create a new web search that would allow you to just type 'versions' and have it open the desired url.

 

If you need help with any of this, let us know and we'd be happy to help out.

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