Google Desktop Search....the hotness

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:48 am

http://desktop.google.com/

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:29 am

Cool.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:30 am

phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4171

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:40 am

I really don't think it likes to play with alternative windows shells.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:08 pm

I'll try it but I am creating a restore point first ...

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:42 pm

STRESSTEST wrote:phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4171

Close my thread, and I cut you so bad...you wish I hadn't cut you so bad!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:52 pm

I'll cut joo mang

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:03 pm

More of Google's evil plot to take over the world

Spaceboy · Post by **Spaceboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:03 pm

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:35 pm

Nitrofox125 wrote:More of Google's evil plot to take over the world

Yes, I'm actually waiting for the G-1000 to be a liquid metal terminator that knows everything about me and takes over the world.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:38 pm

Too invasive for me..

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:19 pm

Overkill.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:23 pm

Google as my homepage? Sure.

Google email? Alrighty.

Google installed on my PC? Nope.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:34 am

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:31 am

POS ... uninstalled it ...

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:38 am

I dont understand why you peoples download this crap...

just hack your registry!!!

I type in the addressbar "goo blah blah" BOOM im there

Also modified the Search button to bring up google

copy below save as google.reg

Code: Select all

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
"provider"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
" "="+"
"+"="%2B"
"%"="%25"
"&"="%26"
"#"="%23"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\ggg]
@="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%s&hl=us"
" "="+"
"+"="%2B"
"%"="%25"
"&"="%26"
"#"="%23"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\gn]
@="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%s"
" "="+"
"+"="%2B"
"%"="%25"
"&"="%26"
"#"="%23"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\goo]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
" "="+"
"+"="%2B"
"%"="%25"
"&"="%26"
"#"="%23"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\]
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:01 pm

Bubba, you are truly a Type A Geek.

But you know that already huh?

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:40 pm

I don't know. I tried it, but it doesn't seem to offer anything I couldn't previously do?

Except it can search the content of office documents. Email and chat clients have search functions, and for the rest I use the standard windows search.

I am naturally organized though. 'My documents' weighs in at 9GB/46.000 files, still I know the location of everything I ever need in there.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:38 pm

Tricord wrote:I don't know. I tried it, but it doesn't seem to offer anything I couldn't previously do?

Except it can search the content of office documents. Email and chat clients have search functions, and for the rest I use the standard windows search.

I've been using the "Containing text" search for ages now- sorry google, but I don't see much of a void in the hard drive searching abilities built into windoze that you can fill.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:45 pm

If you really need to search your documents folder(or link) then just right click it and choose search... DoH!

Yes Mobi ...I know

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:56 pm

You guys don't seem to understand. This isn't for powerusers who micromanage folders and have perfect organization already. This is for normal people who dump everything into "my documents" because they have no concept of folder structure. Being able to find information from this program would prove to be very useful for these people, and seems to be somewhat similar to what Microsoft wants to do with Longhorn and their metadata/database driven file system.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:48 pm

Biiiig suprise here!

Google Search Tool is a Privacy Risk

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:55 pm

Tetrad wrote:You guys don't seem to understand. This isn't for powerusers who micromanage folders and have perfect organization already. This is for normal people who dump everything into "my documents" because they have no concept of folder structure

So...what are you saying?

Windows doesn't go in my documents?

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:02 pm

nitrofox, cnn(tm) and google(tm) don't like eachother since google is an upcomming rival media conglomerate contendor. in otherwords, google is setting itself up as yet another media rival to cnn. war

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:28 pm

Gooberman wrote:So...what are you saying?

Windows doesn't go in my documents?

No what he is saying is that noobies do not know what right click and search is... you know the type...they have an icon for everything on their desktop, quick launch, and systray (does that bring anyone to mind

). who have no idea how to click start/search without it being an ICON on the desktop@!

Wang_Lo · Post by **Wang_Lo** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:17 pm

heh, a year from now...
"Google News will return after these short messages"....

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:55 pm

and would they have a booble porn channel?