[_chendo_]

Haha, thanks :)

I did charge for it a couple of years ago, however I rebuilt the whole thing from scratch after a long hiatus and hadn't had bothered to reimplement licensing because the existing options all kinda suck, and figured I'd focus the time on features and usability first. I think with the modal mode in the next release will bring it much closer to a 1.0 release.

[justusw]

If you bundle it and release a paid for application on the App Store, I would totally buy it and even roll it out to my staff. The magic of the App Store allows you to do company wide roll-outs quite easily.

[_chendo_]

I'm not sure if an app like Shortcat can be released on the App Store given it uses the Accessibility APIs (sandboxing etc), also the 15-30% cut they take is a bit ooooof, but I do have plans to support company/teams licensing!

[tfsh]

+1 this is awesome! I'd like to donate if I can :)

edit: nvm me, found the option in settings (on activation show shortcuts immediately).

Quick question, I've been playing around with Shortcat for a while. When I press the activation hot-key it takes about 4 seconds for the yellow two-letter denoated highlights to show up, despite the app's text stating "found n elements in ~0.20s". Is there a config option to instantly show the yellow highlights?

[_chendo_]

Thanks! I don't have a way to take tips yet, but you can support by pushing for developers to improve their accessibility implementations when you run into issues!

I see you found the setting for that. It was a deliberate default initially as the intended way to use Shortcat is to activate Shortcat and type what you want without waiting to see hints, as this is generally faster and less mental overhead IMO, especially for fast typists and well-structured interfaces.

However, some people prefer minimal keystrokes and I get that. I'm trying to figure out the right set of defaults to make it friendly to new users while nudging people to how Shortcat is designed to be used and will be tweaking it as I go.