> I had a look at it - it seems inspired by our favorite tool, however the
> fact that it's lacking a lot of the more important/useful
> functionality (for
> example, the calculator)

It's there, toward the bottom:
http://www.searchtoolbar.com/shortcuts.html

> leads me to believe that it's not using DQSD code
> directly.

I don't really think it's using the source code either, but it could be,
especially the ActiveX portion.

> I did a simple hex search through the dll for any of the text
> that might be
> seen as incriminating, and didn't find any (for example, searches
> for carr,
> glenn, bau, all turned up nothing)  Of course that doesn't mean that those
> strings aren't in there in some other format.

There wouldn't be too many strings you could search for in a release build.

> The search thing is pretty simple to do, it's not as if it takes huge
> amounts of time to bang out a bunch of searches, in whatever
> format they're
> using internally, so it's not inconceivable that they came up
> with the idea
> independently.

IMO, there are just too many coincidences for it to be an original idea, but
I guess it's possible.

> Of course the deleted thread in their forums makes me a little
> suspicious :)
>
> Hopefully before anyone spends the $29.99 on it, they find the
> far superior
> DQSD tool.  Free, extendable, much much better (especially with
> the awesome
> search wizard...)

Agreed. ;)

>
> Greg.



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