I'm happily migrating to Alfred from the old workhorse QuickSilver. Alfred is prettier and friendlier. :-) But I've hit a snag:
Both apps "learn" what you want after you type a few characters then select an item. I just so happened to choose Firefox as my first app search. In QuickSilver, my shortcut for years has been "ff," but in Alfred, when I type "ff," it doesn't include Firefox in the search results at all, because apparently Alfred requires a space as a delimiter -- whereas QuickSilver searched within file names (and contact names, etc.) for any possible iteration of the specified letters.
This allowed the user to create simple shortcuts to files that might have had names beginning with the same letters. So, the first time I typed "ff," QS showed a list of files whose names contained at least 2 Fs, like so:
Firefox
Fab Four
Biff Hoffman
That last example may seem unintuitive, but after you have many shortcuts, it may become necessary to have some "creative" ones. The point is, it's better to have the option.
Question:
Although it seems that by default Alfred's search is limited to words beginning with the letters typed, is it possible to make Alfred's search more "inclusive," so that (for example) typing "ff" will find "Firefox"?
UPDATE:
The first time I invoked Alfred and typed "ff," it found only one app: an app called "Fab Four." But after submitting my forum post, I tried it again, and this time it found two apps:
Fab Four
HereFileFile
Notably, "HereFileFile" does not have any spaces! So that counters my previous experience -- unless Alfred takes into account the fact that the Fs in "HereFileFile" are capitalized. But in my earlier search, "HereFileFile" was not included. So it's interesting that the results changed, the second time.
(For the record, I'm perfectly aware I can find Firefox in Alfred by typing more letters. But I'd prefer to type fewer letter, and I'm hoping there's a way to configure Alfred to do so.) :-)