The announcement for plans for this app from Google may be a tad bit premature. The Reuters news story seems to have misquoted Google's intentions.
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/30/google_desktop_for_o.html On the other hand, the windoze version should be a good thing for those that are patiently waiting for Longhorn aka Longwait aka Shorthorn (due to the features rapidly being stripped in order to get something out of the door in 2006 -- maybe). This feature was supposed to be in there but is reported to have been removed. Jerry On Nov 01, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > > 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. 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