Download Google Desktop 5.8.809.23506

[Jackie]

The search for local files has become the preoccupation of many software publishers have split their engine. Besides Apple on the latest version of Mac OS X, Google were the pioneers, but not necessarily the most interesting, their solution "googlienne" are fairly rudimentary and quickly overtaken by Copernic Desktop Search or Windows Desktop Search. But Google has not said its last word and its Google Desktop continues to evolve, with barely a final exit, following the beta is already the tip of his nose.

The main feature of Google Desktop is the Sidebar. The latter, also a search bar, gives you instant access to email, the latest news, the entries in your blogs or favorite RSS feeds or the latest web pages viewed on your computer. A slideshow of your photos, a pad and task list are also available. The navigation bar has been enriched with every version: the latest versions have seen the integration of Google Gadgets that you can place on your Sidebar but also on the desktop, any resemblance with Yahoo! Widget Engine or gadgets of the future "Sidebar" Windows Vista is obviously coincidental.

Google Desktop is Google simply adapted to your local content. The interface is somewhat put off users accustomed to more graphic solutions from Microsoft or Copernicus, but the familiar Google will be simply delighted to find the interface of their favorite engine, although it is questionable whether it is as relevant for search for files for web pages. The speed of research, however, is a positive point: once the files are indexed, a window pop up instantly displays the results as soon as you enter the first letters of your keywords, just like Apple's Spotlight engine.

Google is known for its many services like Gmail or Google Maps and Google Desktop integrates naturally with those, you can check your mail or search an address directly from the Sidebar.

Download Google Desktop 5.8.809.23506

Developer: Google

License / Price: Adware / Free

Size / OS: 1.9 MB / Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista

[aftab1]

Bravo
Google Desktop is especially great for XP.
The set of features is interesting, updates are automatic. The proposed software is useful, Sidebar for XP Fançais ... finally. Configured level settings, it runs smoothly. A star less for gadgets really limited French in particular. Pleasant to use and simple fact, I have no bug. It uses a little memory to operate normally. This win really soft to be known. I agree, thanks Google

[High Alert]

Software that is very useful if we are under XP. Maybe that consumption MEMORY AC will discourage more than one (small config will suffer a bit).

[Ernest]

Nice, but
Not super stable (explorer/drwatson32 crash, admittedly rare) .Any search on the keyword I searched in the first ended in a crash of the bar, which certainly will automatically relaunch without planting explore.

[Morton]

Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google.

Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required (though you can certainly make your own customizations if you want to).

[Orson]

I think the Key features of "Google Desktop" are:

• Quickly search your computer for emails, web history, and files
• View news, photos and more anywhere on your desktop
• Add Google Gadgets to customize your desktop and Sidebar
• Developers: Create and share your own gadgets