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nate parrott@nateparrott
Hey all, One day I wanted to write a plugin to let me search for weather forecasts in Spotlight — but I discovered Spotlight didn't have an API. So I made one, by injecting code into the Spotlight process. It's not perfect (and certainly not as good as Alfred at this point) — but I think it's a big plus to be integrated into existing Spotlight results.
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Zac Coffman-Magaha@zaccoffman · Marketing Consultant/Social @ 123bet.com
@nateparrott Will say as a BIG Alfred fan/user/addict, you've grabbed my interest.
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David Barker@dvyio · Designer / developer
@nateparrott I'm already of thinking of plugins I could create. Nice work!
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nate parrott@nateparrott
@zaccoffman I'm actually not a huge Alfred user, because Spotlight does 80% of what I want it too, and does it well — this project is all about adding the remaining 20%. That being said, hacking the Spotlight internals is certainly much less sustainable than a fully independent app like Alfred.
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nate parrott@nateparrott
@dvyio Let me know if you have any questions or problems!
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Amit Jain@gravicle · iOS Engineer
@nateparrott How does it work with rootless in El Cap?
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Brandon Horst@brandonhorst · Founder, Lacona Labs
@gravicle @nateparrott May be worth checking out http://www.lacona.io/ - it covers much of the same ground as Flashlight, but with more power.
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