gshults

Thanks @Stephen_C and @Vero. I will try the free version of Alfred soon, when some other things settle down. I've been very happy with LaunchBar and its abbreviations, but some other things about it have started bothering me recently, among them is poor documentation. I appreciate Alfred's regular updates and vibrant user community.

I also am a long-time LaunchBar user. In fact, I switched from Alfred to LaunchBar specifically because of LaunchBar's support for abbreviations. I just want to assign a 2-character abbreviation to an app or website and be able to type that without thinking more or looking at anything. In LaunchBar when I type the second character, I hold the key and the app launches or the URL is opened in Safari. The whole process is self-contained in LaunchBar, I don't have to or want to deal with Finder tags. I don't want to have to "train" anything. Can I do that in Alfred? Also, if I do learn to live with the training part, is it possible that my abbreviation will suddenly match some other new item that appears in the Spotlight index? I expect my launcher to consistently do exactly what I tell it, every time, without any guessing. Can I get Alfred to behave exactly as I want as I've described here?