Perhaps I am mistaken, but most of what you show in the animated GIF looks more like searching and launching stuff, which is what I use LaunchBar for.
KM is so powerful and flexible, I can’t image a workflow that you create in Alfred that could not also be created in KM, perhaps simpler and better.
For example, I have a multipurpose Google Search that does all this from one hotkey:
- IF some text is selected, use it
- IF not, select text from current text cursor to end of line
- IF text is web URL, open it
- IF text is Non-Web URL, open it in default provider
- Otherwise, do a standard google search on the text
Some other very complex KM macros:
- Apply standard styles to Evernote text
- Insert AppleScript commands that have lots of options
- Create rich text and plain text hyperlinks from:
(I use this many times a day.)- web page
- selected text on web page
- link on web page
- Auto-select all of the text in a forum post, or code block, and get the post data (author, URL, post date, etc), and then use it to create a note or document in many other apps (like Evernote & Quiver).
@DanThomas has built and published some truly incredible macros/workflows that are complete systems.
LaunchBar not only opens apps, it opens many other things, including specific URLs in a specific browser. For example I have these LB shortcuts:
- KM – opens Keyboard Maestro app
- KMF – opens KM forum in Chrome
- KMW – opens KM wiki in chrome
- SP – opens Mac System Prefs
I have LB shortcuts that are 2 or 3 char, which are very intuitive to me (like the above “KM” shortcuts), to open apps I use commonly.
Please don’t misunderstand me. I am not knocking Alfred. I’m sure it’s a great tool. I just happen to think KM is better. 