Quicksilver plug-ins for Google Calendar and Gmail

While tinkering in Quicksilver's plug-ins panel this morning I came across two new plug-ins that should fit right in with my new ~~Borg~~ Google-infused daily activities: a Gmail Module and a Google Calendar Module. Both are actions that allow you to type in a string of text, then select either of these modules as an action, and off you go.

The Google Calendar module seems to use their Quick Add syntax for adding events. For a quick tutorial on this: invoke Quicksilver and then hit period so you can begin entering plain text. Enter something like "Apple Store Opening Saturday 10 am," then hit tab to move to Quicksilver's second pane to chose an action. If you have the Google Calendar module installed, the action is titled "Google Calendar Event" (using 'gcal' works just fine for me). Hitting enter will send the event, and for bonus points, if you have Growl installed and Quicksilver using it to give notifications, you'll receive a Growl alert upon successful completion.

The Gmail module (pictured) allows you to compose a message (or at least part of one) using the same method as both the Google Calendar and Mail.app compose actions. Once you type some text, tab over to chose the Gmail action, you'll receive a 3rd pane that allows you to specify an Address Book contact to send to. Hitting enter will create a Gmail compose window with all the information you chose from Quicksilver already inserted. Awesome.

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While tinkering in Quicksilver's plug-ins panel this morning I came across two new plug-ins that should fit right in with my new Borg...

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Matt

Don't know if anyone is still paying attention to this post but I can't get the Gmail module to work. It doesn't appear to load in QuickSilver. I install it but the diamond is never filled, the Gmail action doesn't seem to exist? Any hints?

June 28 2006 at 11:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

This app does it all.

May 11 2006 at 6:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

M@ M.

Okay, this is a great post, if only for alerting me to all the other menu interfaces that QS has. Thanks guys.

May 06 2006 at 3:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bubba

Hm, whenever I try to make a calendar event through the module it prompts me for my username and password, and wehn I enter it, QS crashes. Odd

Also, I can't get QS to register itself with Growl, any suggestions?

third (i'm a moron) what is GmailStatus? I have Gmail Notifier as my default mail handler, and the send directly function doesn't appear to work correctly (basically the mail doesn't go out).

Thanks for any pointers!

May 05 2006 at 2:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zach

The gcal pluggin didn't always work for me. I was wondering if anyone else could verify a similar error? At 1:30 am today (Friday) I tried to add the following event: "Work on Monday from 8am until 3pm". Growl says I added it but when I look at my gcal, it is added for yesterday for only half an hour. Weird.

If type this same text in Gcal's quick add, it works perfectly. Obviously, the module is not simply sending the text off to the quick add, but perhaps trying to interpret first?

May 05 2006 at 1:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Don

After installing the Flashlight plugin, go back to the Appearance section of the preferences. You'll now be able to select Flashlight as an option in the Command Interface dropdown.

May 05 2006 at 12:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kristin

I love the look of his Quicksilver! I found the Flashlight interface in the plug-ins section of mine but can't figure out how to make it work... Can anyone help?

May 04 2006 at 10:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

#7: The theme is actually in QS's plugins list. It's called "Flashlight interface," there's a bunch of others such as menu, window, etc., but I find this one to be the most visually appealing, unintrusive and easiest to use.

May 04 2006 at 7:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nick santilli

Awesome find - thanks!
now I'd love a plugin to search my gmail/gcal through Quicksilver....

On the email topic, if you choose GmailStatus as your email handler in Quicksilver Prefs, then you can set your middle pane to 'Email to (Send Directly)' and it'll shoot an email off from Quicksilver w/o having to pop up and window and do anything else - course what you typed will be the subject line AND the email, but for a time saver, I can live with that.

May 04 2006 at 5:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gary King

How did you manage to get your Quicksilver to look like that? What theme is it?

May 04 2006 at 5:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply