OK, here’s the story so far: From the start when I switched to the Mac in 2006 I was amazed by Quicksilver and its capabilities. This program was magically finding the application you wanted, could create short chains of events, e.g. find a photo first and then send it via mail. All this was available right from the keyboard and for the experts these shortcut-like procedures were executed in split seconds compared to finding the mouse on screen, dragging from a to b etc, etc…
Since that time a lot happened: quicksilver is no longer under development and similar programs came up, being able to do things in a quite similar way as QS did, albeit everyone of those has its different advantages/disadvantages. Type “launcher” into the search bar of MacUpdate and you’ll get a variety of spin-offs that are more or less powerful. In this blog I’ll concentrate on comparing LaunchBar to its two main opponents: Quicksilver and Butler.
