I use the program Visor to give me access to a terminal from any program.  I press &#39;Control&#39; twice and it slides down from the top.  It is about as fast quicksilver to run a command from any window.<div><br></div><div>
Here is the main site:</div><div><a href="http://visor.binaryage.com/">http://visor.binaryage.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here are some instructions for improving it:</div><div><a href="http://tech.xster.net/tips/the-perfect-visor-reborn/">http://tech.xster.net/tips/the-perfect-visor-reborn/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>However, I personally do not like making it an LSUIElement because long story short I can&#39;t figure out how to change the transparency with a keyboard shortcut.  Instead, I use DragThing and exclude Visor from the dock and application switcher.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I can&#39;t recommend this program enough.  I can&#39;t live without it since I use the terminal constantly and this gives me the ability to use bash aliases and scripts as fast as I can access a quicksilver catalog item.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, DragThing.  Stupid name, but it replaces your boring normal dock with as many themed and tabbed docks as you have crap to shove on them.  It is also a more versatile and better application switcher than either Witch or LiteSwitchX.  </div>
<div><br></div><div>Brandon</div>