Right... Quicksilver is brilliant. Personally, I use LaunchBar for my application launching and many other shortcuts:
http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html
command + spacebar
O
<enter>
Launches OmniFocus or switches to it.
QuickKeys has helped fill in the gaps left by poor software design for using the keyboard.
Examples:
Software implementor doesn't use tabs to focus on next control... QuickKeys can emulate mouse movements and clicks.
Data entry in software relies on the mouse for every blippin item... QuickKeys to work around.
OmniFocus has paid attention to using the keyboard in their software... very impressed with their implementation.
Some of my favorite mappings with QuickKeys are:
ctrl + option + K = arrow down
ctrl + option + J = arrow left
ctrl + option + L = arrow right
ctrl + option + I = arrow up
This allows a user to control the cursor without moving the hands away from the home keys on the keyboard.
ctrl + command + M = Select text starting from cursor to beginning of line
ctrl + command + . = Select text starting from cursor to end of line
ctrl + option + U = Move cursor back one word
ctrl + option + O = Move cursor forward one word
ctrl + option + M = Select previous word
ctrl + option + . = Select next word
The important thing about those shortcuts is you can perform them with little hand movement. Compared to the Apple shortcuts they are mapped to which use the arrow keys.
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