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blog/alfred-raycast #34

Open utterances-bot opened 10 months ago

utterances-bot commented 10 months ago

Alfred vs. Raycast: my constant debate - Josh Collinsworth blog

After a year or so of using Raycast, I'm switching back to Alfred. This is what prompted me to make that decision, and why I may or may not stick with it.

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alfred-raycast

carloslaborde commented 10 months ago

Great article, I've recently discovered both tools and have been dealing with a similar conundrum.

I just wish Alfred had easy search integration with core apps like Slack / Notion. The old workflows seem to be broken and many hours of screwing around hasn't got me anywhere with those... whereas with Raycast they "just work"

But I think I'm staying in Alfred world and will continue to fight to integrate the last couple apps, because Raycast cannot manage a true universal search

In Alfred I can make all my workflows and then tie them all to the same keyword (for me .ms, master search) which can search across a bunch of different contexts at once, and still presents them in an easy to navigate way

I hate the Raycast feature of "you have to choose your context first" because then I may as well just be using spotlight / a start menu + a keyboard shortcut. I mean it's a little better, but it's a big weakness to have to keep retyping you prompts.

Would not be hard for them to solve either, they just don't seem to care.

Strong agree with the brand etc.

spsisys commented 9 months ago

Great article! Exactly the same experience, and obviously the conclusion. Thanks!

KingMob commented 7 months ago

The bit about needing to hit "Return" between the command and the search term drove me insane within a week of using Raycast, and I went back to Alfred.

I want a GUI CLI, not a wizard-style, multistep interface.

bendinwire commented 5 months ago

Thanks - this was a great article. One small correction for you that you mind find handy: "Alfred’s calculator still throws up its hands if you enter a number with commas in it, which is just…come on."

You can fix this by going to the Calculator section of Features and checking the "Ignore thousands grouping separator" checkbox.

bocciaman commented 3 months ago

I installed Raycast yesterday, and today, I'm back on Alfred. I became frustrated when I couldn't find my way around creating simple workflows that I have in Alfred within Raycast. The workflows I built in Alfred required only a little Bash scripting or Python at most, and I couldn't find an easy way to recreate those workflows in Raycast. Also, the bit about needing to hit "Return" between the command and the search terms drove me crazy as well.

This article was a deciding factor for me, so I thank you.