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Comments on: Google releases Quick Search Box for Mac

Billed as an extension to Google Desktop, the Quick Search Box lets you launch applications from the search results, in addition to finding documents and Web sites.

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by shellcodes_coder June 9, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
That's good for about 1000 people that use os x but why have they left about 100 users that use Linux?
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by ikramerica--2008 June 9, 2009 5:51 PM PDT
google desktop is annoying enough. not sure what this adds.

anyway, I don't need google indexing my files. Spotlight does it just fine.
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by explodingzebras June 9, 2009 6:11 PM PDT
I totally agree, Spotlight works just fine, I don't need yet another application / applet using up precious resources.
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by rossipoo June 9, 2009 7:43 PM PDT
Spotlight really ought to have normal internet search built in.
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by AndrewRich June 9, 2009 11:37 PM PDT
I'm not sure what differentiates this from built-in Spotlight.
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by MPB June 10, 2009 1:42 AM PDT
yeah it looks really good but i'll still use Spotlight.
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by FutureGuy June 10, 2009 8:23 AM PDT
A search that lauches applications, wow now that's pushing the limits of innovation.
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by BogusBasin June 10, 2009 10:08 AM PDT
Uh why?
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