Google Desktop 3.0 beta
Thursday, February 9, 2006 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Software
Here is a new beta of Google Desktop.
"Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google."
BlueDev
Reply #2 Thursday, February 9, 2006 12:13 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, February 9, 2006 12:13 PM
Thanks for the heads up IslandDog.
It looks interesting. Haven't been able to try it out (and unistalled it last time I tried it because I don't like sacrificing that screen space), but it looks like they are making some of the panels pseudo-widgets? Like you can drag them off the sidebar and anywhere onto the desk?
Just might try it out again.
It looks interesting. Haven't been able to try it out (and unistalled it last time I tried it because I don't like sacrificing that screen space), but it looks like they are making some of the panels pseudo-widgets? Like you can drag them off the sidebar and anywhere onto the desk?
Just might try it out again.
liquidguru
Reply #4 Friday, February 10, 2006 8:48 AM
it seems it may, if you don't configure it carefully, see the following link
Link
Reply #4 Friday, February 10, 2006 8:48 AM
| does google actually transfer your files to their servers and you access them there or does it have a connection to the remote PC |
it seems it may, if you don't configure it carefully, see the following link
Link
ZubaZ
Reply #5 Friday, February 10, 2006 10:04 AM
I'm willing to give up soem email privacy (because I know it's not secure and I never use it for private information} but my files . . . Uh uh. To exclude what I don't want shared would be a pain, and if I don't have access to those private files it serves no purpose.
Aaron
Reply #5 Friday, February 10, 2006 10:04 AM
| it seems it may |
I'm willing to give up soem email privacy (because I know it's not secure and I never use it for private information} but my files . . . Uh uh. To exclude what I don't want shared would be a pain, and if I don't have access to those private files it serves no purpose.
Aaron
liquidguru
Reply #6 Friday, February 10, 2006 10:09 AM
Reply #6 Friday, February 10, 2006 10:09 AM
it looks like when you install the prog, it is set, by default, not to share your files, so no excluding needed...
been playing with it for a little while now, and it is actually a pretty cool sidebar..shame you can't skin it though
been playing with it for a little while now, and it is actually a pretty cool sidebar..shame you can't skin it though
BlueDev
Reply #7 Friday, February 10, 2006 12:18 PM
Reply #7 Friday, February 10, 2006 12:18 PM
Installed, then uninstalled 30 seconds later. Too busy, too unasthetic, to useless for me.
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 9, 2006 12:13 PM
I did wonder though . . . does google actually transfer your files to their servers and you access them there or does it have a connection to the remote PC.
Maybe I'll look closer if no one knows here.