Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop

Re:Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop by latexr on Saturday April 03, 2021 @08:10AM (#26680400)

> Does that mean that, because it's so fast and low-effort, you use it as a complete replacement of a native app you'd use otherwise?

In my case, yes. It’s the only way I ever look at images, and I often use it to have a quick look at scripts or text/data files (try it on a CSV and it’ll show as a table!). It’s also convenient for design files, whose apps are incredibly slow to launch. With Alfred[1] you can even preview URLs directly.

Finally, QuickLook shines when you have file formats for which you don’t have an editor (e.g. you may need to view a Photoshop or Word document once in a while). It allows you to view them faster than in the editing application, for free, without having to install or configure anything.

Unlike the swath of people who are singing praises to Preview, I rarely touch it and mostly resort to QuickLook, even for PDFs.

> And then just for files you're just consuming, or does it also work for editing?

It works (at least) to edit images like Preview (annotate, rotate, crop).

[1]: https://www.alfredapp.com

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Re:Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop by Vinnl on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:13AM (#26681675)

Thanks, I suppose I should make an effort to think of it when I look at local images or PDFs (which I don't do that often) - although edit doesn't seem to be supported by my version of it, unfortunately. CSVs or files without an editor I don't think I ever touch :)

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