Anyone here tried "Google Desktop Search" yet?

[The Mullinator]

I just downloaded it and started using it. Its pretty neat, it plugs into IE (sorry thats all it plugs into right now) and lets you search your computer for files, webpages, documents, etc that contain keywords you are searching for. The really neat thing about it though is that when you first turn install it, it begins to "index" your files in the background it means when you do an actual search it is instantaneous.

I did a search for "Half Life" on my new computer and it returned 322 files and 36 web entries containing those two keywords. It also finished the search in 0.01 seconds.

Now everytime I use regular google even with Opera it also does a search on my computer for files containing the same terms. Its in beta and it hasn't been of much use to me since I havn't had to find anything yet but its a neat idea.

Its also good to know Google has got this now in use before Microsofts next OS will.

Here is teh link:
http://desktop.google.com/

 

[Sashswash]

Ewww...IE :|

I switched out of that a while ago. Maybe i'll give it a try in a while, though. It would be nice if they released if for Firefox

 

[The Mullinator]

Ewww...IE :|

I switched out of that a while ago. Maybe i'll give it a try in a while, though. It would be nice if they released if for Firefox

I think it works in FireFox, when I do a search in regular Google using Opera I also get a message now saying how many files Google found on my computer and I can browse through them that way.

However when I click on the Google Desktop Icon it brings me to IE.

 

[Sashswash]

I think it works in FireFox, when I do a search in regular Google using Opera I also get a message now saying how many files Google found on my computer and I can browse through them that way.

However when I click on the Google Desktop Icon it brings me to IE.

Maybe it opens IE because you have it set as your primary internet browser...

 

[The Mullinator]

Maybe it opens IE because you have it set as your primary internet browser...

Nope I made sure that wasn't the case long ago. It said while it was installing that it wasn't designed to work with my default browser.

 

[Jmechy]

Google doesnt like opera. Neither Gmail nor Google Desktop work with it.

Which really sucks, because i happen to love both of them. I hate having to open IE to check my gmail or to use google desktop. However, google desktop is SOOOOOOOOOO much better then windows search, its worth it.

 

[nw909]

Ewww...IE :|

I switched out of that a while ago. Maybe i'll give it a try in a while, though. It would be nice if they released if for Firefox

Don't you still have both?

IEView is a nice plugin, because firefox is not perfect.

 

[Ames]

It works for me in Firefox.

 

[CptStern]

it sounds like apple's Sherlock

 

[falconwind]

it sounds like apple's Sherlock

YES! We're closing the gap! Muhuhahaha!

Damn you Mircosoft, get with the program! No, i mean it... actually get with it.

/me installs

 

[Jmechy]

from what i've heard, its what sherlock was supposed to be, but never quite was.

Then again, i'm not a mac user, never really used sherlock.

 

[DavE0r]

google... pioneers.

Its like that Google file system they use... GENIOUS!

 

[Kazreal]

<Anyone here tried "Google Desktop Search" yet? >

I could use that...

"Someone's hidden my glasses again..."