{"id":319,"date":"2007-04-11T09:49:54","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T16:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/319\/are-you-feeling-lucky-punk"},"modified":"2007-04-11T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T16:54:08","slug":"are-you-feeling-lucky-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/319\/are-you-feeling-lucky-punk","title":{"rendered":"Are You Feeling Lucky, Punk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the years since I first started developing FastScripts<\/a>, all manner of keyboard-shortcut type solutions have popped up, including the enormously ambitious Quicksilver<\/a>, and the refined, trigger-action-oriented Butler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nBut some of us still appreciate FastScripts for its simplicity. Put scripts in the standard Apple-location, cmd-select them from the FastScripts menu, and assign a keystroke. FastScripts could be improved in some important ways, but it’s been in “stable and revered” mode for years now, which has made it a reliable tool for people to recommend to others. I think it’s easy to recommend because it does exactly what it says it will do, and little more. You don’t need to join a FastScripts cult or change your entire workflow to get some use out of it!\n<\/p>\n

\nMichael Tsai recommends it in the manual<\/a> to his BBAutoComplete<\/a> product. I see frequent referrals from Quark and InDesign forums, where running scripts efficiently is a major part of the creative and production process. It’s gratifying to know that FastScripts has become a part of the productive environment for so many people.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut sometimes people just use it because they feel lucky. Christopher Biagini shares his I’m Feeling Lucky<\/a> script, which performs a simple but useful task. It asks you for a phrase, then it does the Google search for you, then it takes you straight to the “I’m Feeling Lucky” link. I clicked the handy “open it directly” button which worked like a charm to bring it to Script Editor. Then saved it to my Scripts folder and assigned a keystroke. Nifty! And a lot lighter-weight than Google Desktop<\/a> :)\n<\/p>\n

\nGo ahead, make my day. Give FastScripts<\/a> a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the years since I first started developing FastScripts, all manner of keyboard-shortcut type solutions have popped up, including the enormously ambitious Quicksilver, and the refined, trigger-action-oriented Butler. But some of us still appreciate FastScripts for its simplicity. Put scripts in the standard Apple-location, cmd-select them from the FastScripts menu, and assign a keystroke. FastScripts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fastscripts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}