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I'm trying to make my Mac as mouseless and possible. My three last big hurdles:
Moving the current window to a different space in Spaces. (I'm still on OS 10.6, until 10.8 comes out.)
A more efficient way to move through toolbars and menu bar than Tab.
And
You can use KeyRemap4MacBook to for example turn the right option into an extra modifier key for opening applications:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</name>
<url>file:///System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</name>
<url>file:///Applications/Safari.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<item>
<name>test</name>
<identifier>test</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_R, KeyCode::VK_MODIFIER_EXTRA1</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::F, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_FINDER</autogen>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::S, ModifierFlag::EXTRA1, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_SAFARI</autogen>
</item>
</root>
See http://osxnotes.net/keyremap4macbook.html for more examples.
If you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred 2, you can use workflows like this:
Hotkeys have a short delay by default, but you can reduce it by changing the trigger behavior:
Go to Preferences → Tabs and enable When a new tab or window opens, make it active.
Enabling this option switches the shift modifier to disabling this functionality rather than enabling it.
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