Google Desktop for Apple?
Reuters reports that Google is planning on releasing a version of its desktop search tool for the Mac. This comes from Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, on Friday. Schmidt, however, could not provide a timeframe for the release.
Desktop Search tools have recently made headlines with Microsoft, AOL, Google and Apple entering this arena.
Google has already launched a Windows version of the desktop search tool.
Desktop Search tools have recently made headlines with Microsoft, AOL, Google and Apple entering this arena.
Google has already launched a Windows version of the desktop search tool.
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95 months ago
Will it be out before Tiger, and how will is stack up against Spotlight?
I think that this will not be as successful for Mac as it is/was for Windows. I've found searching, even under Panther to be a few magnitudes easier than searching in Windows XP.
I think that this will not be as successful for Mac as it is/was for Windows. I've found searching, even under Panther to be a few magnitudes easier than searching in Windows XP.
95 months ago
When they do it, it puts Macs in the news, makes people think that the Mac is mainstream... everyone who develops for the Mac is good. Especially those who will get huge press when they do.
95 months ago
in the windows desktop search screenshots that i saw the results looked like google.com search results, which is absolutely insanely stupid in my opinion for a desktop search.
95 months ago
sorry google, its called spotlight ;)
My thoughts exactly. Will anyone who upgrades to Tiger even try this. With Google being the default search engine in Safari, though, I wonder what this development says about Google's relationship with Apple.
95 months ago
tiger won't be out for a while... but we don't know when this will... as for spotlight, i am sure that it will be much more advanced than this. :)
95 months ago
in the windows desktop search screenshots that i saw the results looked like google.com search results, which is absolutely insanely stupid in my opinion for a desktop search.
i totally agree, i saw screenshots and was like wth...thats weridthe other guy did have a good point though, it makes the mac look more mainstream. so i guess i don't care if they make it for mac, but the question is:
what is google getting out of the deal that makes it WORTH it to make it for mac? :cool:
95 months ago
Its actually not even a complete search, the windows version just catalogs emails in outlook, M$ word and excel files, and chat logs, and wep pages you visited. Quicksilver works much better for me.
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