Great just great! How comes everyone copies Mac?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/22/google.desktop.search.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/22/google.desktop.search.ap/index.html
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Google copies Spotlight!
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Yeah, Google was definitely developing a Spotlight-like search program before Tiger came out because I had the beta on my windows machine about a year ago. Didn't work all that well so I got rid of it, along with my windows machine. 
Not bad. Thanks for the screen shot dubbz. I ended up ditching the original Beta because the little white box was such a distraction but maybe that's just because I use the blue task bar. Meh, it doesn't matter. I barely use the ol' PC anymore.
Yeah, Google Desktop was out prior to Tiger...but I wonder if the OP is referring to some of these modules or something.
I dunno...I'm a fan of Google...I think they're doing great things over there. I'm particularly enamored with Google Scholar, Google Print, and Google Maps. Since we're mac only, I've not tried Google Desktop.
I dunno...I'm a fan of Google...I think they're doing great things over there. I'm particularly enamored with Google Scholar, Google Print, and Google Maps. Since we're mac only, I've not tried Google Desktop.
Yeah, thanks for the screen shot, I've always wanted to know what it looked like since I don't have a PC anymore. Its doesn't look as good as Spotlight, but thats to be expected.mad jew said:
If you ask me that's a horrible waste of space. I like spotlight where you click on the icon and it reveals the white box to type in.
Because they don'trossoUK said:
Just because it's the same feature as Tiger, it doens't mean it was "copied off" it. However, tbh, although they existed, Apple actually made it work
mad jew said:Not bad. Thanks for the screen shot dubbz. I ended up ditching the original Beta because the little white box was such a distraction but maybe that's just because I use the blue task bar. Meh, it doesn't matter. I barely use the ol' PC anymore.
I can image that it whould be distractive with a blue task bar.. It's a bit of the same in the beginning with the silver, too, but I got used to it.
There are some plugins that put an icon in the tray, allowing you remove the white search box but, unfortunately, it used it doesn't use the standard result list. It has some custom window thingy that's much worse (and which cover the whole screen from left to right).
I'm sure someone will come up with a plugin that use a tray icon, as well as the normal list.
Here's a shot of the sidebar mode. It takes up more space when used, but can autohide so it'll stay out of the way most of the time. I haven't used it much, as I'm not really a fan of sidebars (legacy from my pre-widescreen days, I belive). There's several plugins on Google, adding stuff like clocks, iTunes controllers and system information.
