Comments on: Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords David Allen's GTD® Methodology Fri, 13 May 2011 02:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Neil https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1092 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:25:20 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1092 On the Mac:

1)Textexpander is a well reviewed text replacement app.

2)Launchbar is an excellent app launcher (and much more)

]]> By: Chrissy https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1091 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:38:20 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1091 Well for crying out loud! I royally dislike my new Mac if I can’t find a suitable replacement for Activewords and trust me folks, Quicksilver is a Joke. Yeah, I said it. A JOKE.

The fact that the Mac community gets so excited about Quicksilver (apparently the holy grail of productivity as far as macs go) does not bode well at all for me. I should have researched this before buying a Mac Air… I realize I have no one to blame but myself, but come on. Really Mac? You have thousands upon thousands of apps. Not one can do text replacements and simple scripting so that I don’t have to have a masters in programing to figure it out?

Hey folks, if you need to rip a CD and convert it into 22 flavors of formats, there’s an app for that. Want to make funny pictures, steal music, and look at porn sites malware free? You certainly should buy a Mac. However, if you actually want to use your Mac for work. Forget it. And PLEASE do not tell me I am wrong unless you have actually used Activewords for longer than month on a windows platform. If you have, and you still think Macs are better…. share your wisdom. I have downloaded 20 paid and free apps so far and all of them have been Zapped (mac users will understand) They didn’t come close to what I need. I would welcome a Mac user with a solution. Pleeease, anyone! Anyone?

]]> By: Patrick https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1090 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:54:58 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1090 @Sri: Not sure what you mean…

Dictionary.com’s definition of the word ‘alternative’ is as follows: “one of the things, propositions, or courses of action that can be chosen.”

So yes, Breevy is indeed an alternative by definition, because it’s one of the programs (things) that can be chosen by someone to help increase their typing productivity. 8)

]]> By: Sri https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1089 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1089 Perhaps, I missed something but what makes Beevy an alternative to the other established programs (despite the “easy, simple, instant, perfect” marketing approach)?

Shrihad

]]> By: Patrick https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1088 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:54:23 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1088 Hi guys, I’m the developer of Breevy, a tool similar to ActiveWords. Breevy’s a text expander for Windows that can replace typed abbreviations with longer words and phrases, and can also launch apps and websites: http://www.16software.com/breevy/

It’s different than ActiveWords, but provides the same basic functionality — automatic text replacement and so on. Just thought I’d share it as an alternative to those who are interested in giving something else a shot.

]]> By: Beirne https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1087 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:53:59 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1087 I listened to the podcast and since I was starting on a new Windows box figured I would give ActiveWords a try. I don’t see what the big deal is. As a launcher it is much less convenient than what I had used in the past, launchy, because I had to enter in most of what I wanted to be able to launch. The ability of AW to grab what you type anywhere isn’t as useful as it sounds when launching, because while it will delete what you typed from the application, if you typed in an entry box the original text may not get restored. I don’t really care about spellchecking and substitution since the programs I type in already do that.

The last straw was when it just quit working. I couldn’t bring it up, even after stopping and restarting it. Eventually it started working again, but in the meantime I restarted my old favorite, launchy, and have switched back to it. Some really nice features of launchy are that most of the time I do not have to type the whole word to launch something, I rarely need to program in the launch word, and it automatically reads my bookmarks from Firefox. With AW I was having to think of launch words for each bookmark, which is not a trivial task. Launchy does much more without me having to set anything up.

]]> By: Trevor Nelson https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1086 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:07:13 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1086 Michael,
No problem. I’m sorry if my comments came across as insulting or aggressive.

Trevor

]]> By: Michael https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1085 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:45:57 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1085 Oops, while re-reading the comments I now understand what you mean, Trevor.

I initally thought, “QS” would stand for “Quality & Service” (vs. “QuickSilver”) and that the memory leaks would exist in freeware products competing to Activewords.

I *sincerely* apologize for my misunderstanding and the redundant comments.

Michael

]]> By: Michael https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1084 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1084 Trevor,

I wonder about your motivation to write such overly aggressive and insulting while elaborate comment; especially as you pretend not to be affiliated with any person/software.

Cui bono?

Michael

]]> By: GTD Times https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/07/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords/#comment-1083 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1775#comment-1083 How about a virtual truce on this one to agree to disagree? Seems like some it’s gotten personal about people and not products.

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