Though I don’t get these guys’ version numbering, one thing is for sure: the Alfred team is not leaving any gas in the tank while developing this app. They are working hard to build the fastest, easiest-to-use, and most-feature-rich application launcher for Mac there is.<\/p>\n

The latest beta (which is about to be submitted to the Mac App Store?) now includes global hotkeys, and global hotkeys are great. It’s a feature of Quicksilver that I used all the time but that LaunchBar does not have. So when I switched to LaunchBar in 2009 I wrote a few AppleScripts and now use FastScripts to run certain triggers and launch certain apps globally.<\/p>\n

I personally am still using LaunchBar and FastScripts, but Alfred could go toe to toe with them now. It’s a very good app. and if you’re not already in a relationship with an application launcher then I’d easily recommend Alfred.<\/p>\n

I’m getting ahead of myself here, but if I had to sum up what I see as the main difference between Alfred and LaunchBar it’s that Alfred appeals to a broader range of nerds, and LaunchBar appeals to a smaller range of persnickety power users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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