ryqiem Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Hi guys! Just recently tried the new app Contexts which has the feature of quick-launch, ie. Press Fn (or another pre-selected modifier key) Type your query Releasing Fn activates the query I love this feature as it's so rapid, but in Contexts it doesn't allow for launching of apps. In Alfred I think it could be awesome to have for window-switching and app-launching. What do you think? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfay Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I'm not sure I'd like holding down a modifier key while typing keywords and arguments. deanishe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryqiem Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 @dfay Definitely agree! I suggest it's used for app-switching and -launching only 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitor Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 6 hours ago, ryqiem said: @dfay Definitely agree! I suggest it's used for app-switching and -launching only 🙂 But Alfred doesn’t have a mode that just switches and launches apps. What you’re suggesting would require the introduction of a new mode of operation that is extremely similar to what’s already present (thus opening the possibility for user confusion), to arguably save a negligible amount of time on one specific task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryqiem Posted September 14, 2019 Author Share Posted September 14, 2019 It's a small time-savings, yes, but it's also by far my most used task (100's of times a day). I imagine that goes for most users – but I don't have the data to back that up 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 hours ago, ryqiem said: It's a small time-savings, yes, but it's also by far my most used task (100's of times a day). I imagine that goes for most users – but I don't have the data to back that up 🙂 Nobody's questioning the utility of an app/window switcher feature, but rather the wisdom of adding a feature to Alfred that works in a fundamentally different way to all the existing ones. The run-on-release aspect appears to be your favourite part of the feature, but nothing else in Alfred works that way. As such, it's extremely unlikely that any app-switcher feature would work that way, especially considering that Alfred already uses fn as a regular modifier for Hotkeys, meaning it would also interfere with existing functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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