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Attention Drupal & Quicksilver Fans
amariotti — Fri, 11/21/2008 - 15:38
When it comes to anything on the computer I like to find a better and more efficient way to do things. I've been this way for a while, and it's something that I don't think will ever change until I get older. In my opinion this is a good trait to have, and it may find me appealing down the road in my career.
Today I came across a module for Drupal 6.x that really has me "wow"-ing today. Before I go into it let me preface this with a bit about a utility on the OS X that I use constantly throughout the day. Quicksilver is the ultimate "get things done quickly" utility for the Mac. It has a lot of potential, but my main use is to launch applications. A quick Ctrl+Space click and you've opened up a window into your applications folder and, potentially, into your Mac.
Today I came across a module called Cobalt that immediately caught my attention. The developer called it "Quicksilver for Drupal" (well, he didn't exactly say that, but he implied it). So me being the curious person that I am had to go and download and install it immediately. I was a little hesitant at first because the module was hosted on an external site. I fired up my Drupal 6.x install, made sure Google Gears was running and 'voila' there it was! A simple tap on Alt+Space on my keyboard opened up my Drupal install like Quicksilver opens my Mac! Yay!
So far I really like it. I think that it could use some work on the themeing, but for the most part it is very slick and worked very well! All Drupal Geeks go check it out!

The coolest part is that you can even jump around your site if you'd like! Simply genius! Now I just need to migrate our huge school site over to 6.x! :)
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