Quicksilver constellations

I'm sorry, but when I Google for Quicksilver, the link to the developer's page is difficult to find, and once I arrive there and want to see a preview I'm told that I've clicked on something that doesn't exist yet.

The forums have no "New users, click here to learn about Quicksilver" or such link.

Maybe I've become lazy after switching to a Mac, but that's one of the things I love about using OS X - everything just works out of the box. Why should I have to put up with a headache just to get information about something that's supposed to make my already very easy and relaxing computing experience better?

I've been a power user, I have terminal open all the time, and would likely really enjoy a piece of software like QuickSilver. It's just a shame that the developer hasn't done a very good job of letting me see what it is and how it works before downloading it.

My hope is that the developer sees comments like this and makes a positive change so others aren't put off before they even try the product.

Elliot,
I agree totally on the big type feature with the address book. I'm a sucker for a nice transparent window.

Could you give me an example of what you mean by "hot key handler?" I love Quicksilver and read as much as I can on it, but I know I'm only using 10% of it's capabilities.

Quicksilver is its own worst enemy, with that minimalist Flash intro to their website.

I heard the hype for ages before actually figuring out its actual power, which is a bit like an intelligent Quickeys I suppose, making the things you do the most as easy as f9 for expose or command tab for app switching.

What they need to make clear is HOW it is actually BETTER than command tab, for example.

previous comment was for #6 I guess.... it switched. Sorry about that #5.

Agree that you don't have to be a power user to love Quicksilver. I use it for two primary things: and App launcher and a hotkey handler. Also, access to my address book and the Big Type feature (am I the only one that loves that?) is awesome.

What I like the most about QS is it feels like you're riding an overpowered motorcycle. You never can use it to it's potential, it's always pushing you to go faster, and sometimes it seems to be out of your control until you figure out how to tame it, at which point you realize you were just weak before.

I saw numerous posts about Quicksilver on TUAW in the past and decided to just download the program to see what it does. Now that I downloaded it, I just cannot stop using it.

#5 - maybe look at some of the tutorials on blacktree's website to see what you can do with it. You don't have to be a power-user to use Quicksilver.

seriously i went to all those sites from the last post comments and still don't see the big deal w/ quicksilver...is it cuz i'm just a casual user?...i don't use xcode or photoshop or any other pro or coder application, but i'm still obsessed w/ shortcuts and apple + tab and exposé and such but a pie chart doesn't show me anything useful for what i do...i use iLife

would quicksilver still b helpful in my situation ...if so please give me SOME kind of example cuz all i get is examples of internal solutions of programs like photoshop and xcode

My only problem with Quicksilver is that it has too many features, in so much as once you turn on a lot of plugins and so on it becomes hard to keep track of everything. The sheer number of triggers and actions can be quite bewildering.
That said, I use it all the time.

it's a Pie menu ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu ), but a relatively poor one, since its associated icons are so much duplicated that they are just unsignificant...

Quicksilver quite simply is the equivalent of the commandline for a GUI.