Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Spotlight & Other Changes in Mavericks Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:38:02 -0800 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <2013110215163944927-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2013110216432269775-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <031120131250118772%YourName@YourISP.com> <151120130913562310%YourName@YourISP.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1384475883 29528 127.0.0.1 (15 Nov 2013 00:38:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:38:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:52255 On 2013-11-14 20:13:56 +0000, Your Name said: > In article , Bread > wrote: >> >> What I actually use the little menu bar magnifying glass search for >> most often, or perhaps second only to launching apps, is for >> calculations. Just start entering numbers and operations and it's the >> easy to use always there handy dandy desktop calculator. > > I've never seen a point in using Spotlight (nor Google) for calucations > either - that's what the Calculator application is for and that does Google can actually do some more sophisticated computations (i.e., it'll do unit conversions and all sorts of other things). But the main thing for me using Spotlight for it is that it's just there - all the time - no window to open, no anything else to get in the way. It's just there. If I'm doing a lot of computations, I'll either open up the calculator (the "tape" is especially nice) or pull up a spreadsheet. Using google for routine calculations makes no sense to me since it means opening up my web browser and pointing a page at it - that's certainly no faster or easier than the alternatives unless I happen to already be doing a search in Google. > let you copy results from it, and paste numbers into it. If it still > exists in Lion, etc., then putting the Calculator in the Dock means > it's always handy (as is the numeric keypad if you do lots of number > crunching) - you could even define a keyboard shortcut to run it. A keyboard shortcut for it might be helpful. But there's no substitute for it just being *there* and for no window or app to have to start.