You mean it’s not part of the OS?

Aha, i've seen the light. Took all of 2 minutes with the latest version of Quicksilver today to convince me to ditch LaunchBar. I think I'll borrow a chapter from Bill and put it on the USB keychain drive, as well. It's that good.

Re: the Launchbar versus Quicksilver debate - I, too, have used both and keep gravitating to Launchbar. Some people swear by TigerLaunch: http://ranchero.com/tigerlaunch/ - is anybody using that? Anybody care to weigh in on why Quicksilver beats Launchbar? Or why I should carve out the extra time to look at Quicksilver again? ;)

I have tried QuickSilver and I still keep going back to LaunchBar. Maybe it's because I used LaunchBar first so it already knows all my shortcuts? Regardless, both apps are very good at what they do. For pure application and file launching, though, LaunchBar still rocks my world. In reply to Davido - I suppose over the years I have spent hundreds of dollars, but in return, these apps have saved me thousands of dollars in wasted time. These apps make me more productive and that has value to me. The PDF browser plugin is free for private use, non-profits and educational use - so no, I haven't paid $69 for it, but I absolutely would if I needed to. I didn't get any of the apps I mentioned for free. I pay for the software I use, with rare exception. Sometimes I do get gratis licenses of certain applications in exchange for a review on one of the sites I am involved with, but 9 times out of 10, I already own the program in question.

Questions from a newbie: Did you really pay hundreds of dollars for these programs? Each one seems relatively useful, but not enough to actually whip out my credit card. You paid $69 to see .pdf files in your browser instead of in Preview? Really? (Maybe you get them for free as a reviewer... I can't imagine you bought all those things).

Seriously, I even install quicksilver on macs that i have to use even once. It's part of my handy 'bill's home folder' that i carry on my usb drive. Quicksilver is one of the best things since sliced bread. I'm hoping spotlight is going to be as cool, if not cooler.

Quicksilver WeatherDock Notational Velocity--like stickies on speed, with incremental search, and far neater on your desktop than a jumble of yellow

It always comes as a shock to me whenever I reload one of my macs that ittec isn't part of the OS. I couldn't really live without PopupFolder or FinderPop, and I can't get along without this.

I have been using Launchbar for quite some time but have recently changed over to Quicksilver that is cheaper and quicker than launchbar. Also QuickSilver supports plugins for future support of many different applications that launchbar does not support.

Xshelf is extremely useful as well: http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/XShelf/XShelf.html

I must have Quicksilver on any Mac that I'm going to use for any length of time.