Another plus for Google is that it'll be OS independent. I bounce back and forth between the big three OSes, so things like Google and Firefox tend to win as they're not tied to a particular platform.
Incidentally, this is why I would use Thunderbird over Mail on the Mac (if I used a mail program on the desktop). I can use Thunderbird on every machine and not just a subset. Hen On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Rex Baldazo wrote: > Yeah, Google Desktop doesn't seem conceptually much different than > what's promised for Tiger. The part that probably won't be in Tiger is > the smooth Internet integration--with Google Desktop you can search both > the Web and your local hard drive. > > --- Rex. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of John > Robinson > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:04 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Google Desktop is coming for the Mac > > Marta, > > The experts will have to respond, but in the introduction to Tiger they > indicated we may eventually get away from the desktop as the place we > consider our base. The O.S. will index everything on the computer, so > if I typed in your name, and you were in my email, my calendar, my > address book, and if I had written you a letter, then by just typing > your name I would be presented a list of every instance you appear on my > computer, and the program that had your reference. > > The results will be instantaneous as it is with Google, it just seems it > may be a little more secure as we are dealing with Apple and not another > firm. > > You have now drained me on this, but others may provide greater detail. > > John R. > > > On Nov 1, 2004, at 1:56 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> What are they planning for "Tiger" ? This google search, though, seems > >> to be a marvel as much as I have heard from windows users. I haven't >> heard anything of the sorts for TIGER. >> Marta <cat and Mac.JPG> >> On Nov 1, 2004, at 13:42, John Robinson wrote: >> >>> Rex, >>> >>> Do you have any idea how this will compare with what has been >>> promised in "Tiger"? >>> >>> Will we not have much of the same thing built right into the O.S.? >>> >>> John R. >>> >>> >>> On Nov 1, 2004, at 1:37 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote: >>> >>>> Google is promising to release a version of their Google Desktop for > >>>> OS >>>> X: >>>> >>>> http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5434591.html >>>> >>>> If you haven't had a chance to try it out on Windows, you should. >>>> I've >>>> been using it about a week and it's amazing--I can search my browser > >>>> cache and my email inbox and all my Word files from one interface. >>>> Bonus is that it's very fast, and it integrates into Google.com (if >>>> you search for a term on Google.com and there are matching documents > >>>> in your hard drive you see those results right at the top of the >>>> Google.com result page). >>>> >>>> --- Rex. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be >>>> | October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October > >>> | 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October > | 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be October 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
