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I couldn't live without Visor, I have it set to ctrl-~ and a full screen terminal. It's lovely, I spend most of my time there with vim and screen.
I have caps-lock mapped to ctrl and visor set to ctrl- . So my terminal is always two pinkies away :)
I do like the idea of a double-pinkey jab as a shortcut.
I'd say try becoming ambidextrous with the mouse, and switch hands every month or so. And under Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts make sure Full Keyboard Access is on 'All Controls' so you can focus/select buttons with tab. Also, make that useless Caps Lock key into Ctrl :) Ctrl+F2 = Access Menu bar Ctrl+F3 = Access Dock I will give someone 1 american dollar if they can tell me how to get menu bar selections to wrap bac…
It's interesting that you mention the magic mouse. I switched to a Mac about 2 months ago and can't believe how uncomfortable the magic mouse is. Apple understand aesthetics but obviously haven't a clue about ergonomics. I've reverted to my 10 year old Logitech trackball although I do miss the fast smooth scrolling of the magic mouse. Any suggestions for a better trackball or did all innovation cease 10 years ago?
I prefer quicksearchbar to quicksilver.
I wrote about how to set up divvy shortcuts here:
http://infovegan.com/2010/08/18/manage-pixels-not-monitors
As a paying user of both divvy and sizeup, I have to say I'm bummed about my initial expenditure on Sizeup. Divvy is far more customizable.
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7) +1 Spotlight or Quicksilver if you prefer. There is also Alfred http://www.alfredapp.com/ If you listen to music while working, I also find Coversutra http://www.sophiestication.com/coversutra/ or Bowtie http://bowtieapp.com/ very useful.
There's also LaunchBar. http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html
After going back and forth between Quicksilver and Launchbar for a while, I eventually settled on Launchbar because I found it to be a bit faster. I think Quicksilver is more powerful, but I never really used the additional capabilities so it ended up being a pretty easy choice for me.
Even after Spotlight was added to OS X, I stuck with Launchbar because it takes a few less keystrokes for many tasks and it has search templates (so searching Google, a dictionary, or a thesaurus requires only a few keystrokes). Quicksilver can also do something similar, I'm not sure about the other options.
This might be old news to you, but it took me a while to discover after I started using OS X: Cmd-Tab switches between applications (as I'm sure everyone knows), but it's less useful on OS X than Ctrl-Tab is on Windows or Linux because it doesn't switch between individual windows in those applications. Cmd-Tilde (~) was the missing link for me. It switches between windows in the current application. Those two are pro…
I’ve enabled “Simultaneous Key Presses” which allow me to use F+H/J/K/L instead of arrow keys. It takes a little getting used to, but I find myself hardly ever needing to leave the keyboard.
This might be old news to you, but it took me a while to discover after I started using OS X: Cmd-Tab switches between applications (as I'm sure everyone knows), but it's less useful on OS X than Ctrl-Tab is on Windows or Linux because it doesn't switch between individual windows in those applications. Cmd-Tilde (~) was the missing link for me. It switches between windows in the current application. Those two are pro…