Do you know if there any plans to add such an API in the future? There are a lot of competing products out there that can do this sort of thing, and it'd be nice if Google Desktop could do it too...
In the mean time, it's time for me to get creative. :-) Thanks for the quick response Benjamin! - Jeremy On Dec 12, 11:00 am, "Benjamin [API Guru]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately there is no API to modify or extend the Google Desktop > Quick Search Box. But you can add your own indexing plugins to extend > the index and possibly implement some features using this way - but > you will have to be very creative. > > Good luck, > Benjamin > > On Dec 12, 3:57 am, jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > I was curious if there was some sort of API for adding results to the > > ones that pop up when you start typing in the quick search box. For > > example, say I typed in some simple mathematical expression (like > > "5+5") into the quick search box -- would it be possible to add the > > result "=10" to the results that show up? Or if I typed something > > like "define synecdoche" have the first result be "A figure of speech > > putting part for the whole, or the whole for part." > > > Basically, I'd like to add to the google desktop quick search box some > > of the features available in the Google suggest feature in the search > > box in Firefox -- as well as maybe have Google desktop automatically > > check to see if the query is one of the special types that give > > special results (like unit conversion or weather or stock quotes or > > whatever). > > > So...is it possible? > > > - Jeremy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Desktop Developer Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Desktop-Developer?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
