Dangling Conversations

Colour commentary on the world we live in

Google Desktop - Version 2.0

Posted 25 Aug, 2005 at 11:49 by blue in /Technical | Permanent link

Yet another plug for a Google creation.

I have been using their Google Desktop version 1 for some time. Basically it was a nice little tool that indexed your computer and provided a better search than the built in Windows one for finding stuff on your computer. Doubly handy because it would search the web at the same time. A classic case of killing two birds with one stone.

They have now released Google Desktop version 2... and wow. It's now a full desktop console app.

It has panels for Photos, note, rss/atom feeds, news, favorites, weather, and yes the search is still there. It's also very easy to program and adapt for. Minutes after getting it I had Windows Media player playing my favorite music from the console as well. And yes... Google Talk has a panel too ;) I noticed I could have built a plug in for the Catan game, or several other things too. Very cool.

The interface is nice, and handy if you have a gmail account... which I do for certain select uses.

If you are interested in trying it... you can find it at http://desktop.google.com/

If you do try it, let me know what you think. Or if you develop any new panels for it. Or go to the site and download any of the new panels being released daily for it.

Final plug... for those who are worried Google is the next evil empire (and maybe they are...)... check out their Summer Of Code program for youth. Kind of a neat idea eh?

Comments (0 comments so far)
Join the conversation:
 
Name:
URL/Email:
[http://... or mailto:you@wherever] (optional)
Title: (optional)
Comments:
Save my Name and URL/Email for next time
How many copies of the letter S are in the word MISSISSIPPI ?

Comments are not automatically formatted, so please bring your own HTML. Allowed tags are: P BR EM STRONG A I B UL OL LI.

Hows & Whys
Who we are

Blue has been known to toss a disc around a field from time to time, and thinks that you should as well. He lives either on the Internet or in Toronto, depending on your perspective. Ask him no questions and there's a good chance he'll tell you no lies. [Site]

Brent hosts the box from which we dangle our conversations, for which we are all eternally grateful. Gratitude is most easily expressed in small bills. Formerly a pawn of the Evil Empire (or maybe a Knight), he has gone over the wall and now toils at a small computer game company in Alberta that no one except for ten million gamers has ever heard of. [Site]

Kael occasionally gets called "Mike"; mostly by people who don't know him. He cooks, he cleans, he maintains Unix servers... what else could you ask for? Currently a slave to the Man, by which we mean retail sales. He has secret plans, but we can't tell you about them. In fact, we've already said too much. [Site]

Lisa is a recreational therapist without a cause. She entertains dreams of ruling over an empire of scrapbooking. Has a well-deserved reputation for enthusiasm, common sense, and tiredness. Ask her about her teapots, but don't touch them.

Matt is just this guy, you know? A mathematician by training and a layabout by inclination; he currently has an Urban Commuter Campus in the American Midwest convinced that they should pay him for plying these trades. The designer and administrator of this site, which means in a sense this is all his fault. [Site | E-mail]

Sky is a salesman during the day. At night he doesn't bother: his words are like unto those of a god, and you can agree or you can be wrong. Lives in the World of Warcraft, with a sattelite office in Toronto. Known to play games on occasion.

Wendy has never run away to join the circus, but pursuing graduate work in medical imaging is perhaps just as good. She didn't choose her current abode on the basis of proximity to a Toronto Public Library branch, but we wouldn't put it past her. Married to one of the other authors here, but you'll have to read the archives to find out which one. [Site]

Giving us what-for

Posts that have attracted comments in the last week:

What we talk about
Remembering when
Where's it say that?

Advanced Search