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The ability to view previews of PDF files, just like with JPG files in file search.

ik snap dat een bedrijf reclame maakt voor het werven van nieuwe klanten.

Maar zorg ervoor dat je bestaande klanten fatsoenlijk behandel. Ik wacht nog steeds op een e-mail welke gegevens nu echt van mij zijn gestolen bij de hack van begin februari. En dan bedoel ik niet het nietszeggende mailtje wat je hebt gekregen. Er zou nader onderzoek komen en zouden dit delen. We zijn vier maanden verder en nog steeds niets.

I get the feeling that Raycast v2 was introduced too quickly. I know it is a beta. But features that simply work in v1 are not yet present or do not work. Such as being able to adjust the font size in the windows. With a PDF file, you don't see a preview in the Raycast window. Higher memory usage. I get the impression that they are trying too hard to make the macOS and Windows versions look and develop them too similarly. To end on a positive note: searching for files is a big step forward.

After using Raycast as a Spotlight replacement for quite some time, I eventually ran into a number of frustrations. For me, the number of keystrokes required to perform even simple tasks often felt counterproductive rather than productivity-enhancing.

Some basic things, such as inserting a date in the Dutch format, were surprisingly difficult to achieve. Features like multi-level clipboard history and pasting workflows were either unavailable or unnecessarily cumbersome. While Raycast offers a huge number of extensions, most of them didn’t add much value to my particular workflow, which is heavily focused on genealogical research. Writing my own extensions was also beyond what I was willing or able to invest time in.

About two months ago, I decided to give Alfred a serious try, and I have to say: what a pleasure it has been. The learning curve came with a fair amount of trial and error, but creating simple workflows turned out to be much more accessible than I expected. The flexibility and customization options fit my way of working far better.

For my use case, Alfred has become an indispensable tool, and I honestly can’t see myself going back to Raycast.

The ability to use Dynamic Placeholders, Date {date} to enter the date used in the macOS language setting. So if your system is in Dutch, the date is filled in according to the Dutch format (e.g. 20 jun 2026)

I would like to see the option to enter the date according to the macOS setting using the placeholder {date} in V2. So that, in my case, the Dutch date is displayed as, for example, 15 jun 2026.