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November 6, 2003

New Toy From Google

Posted by Mike on November 6, 2003 11:20 PM

ShadowGoogle handles this sort of thing for OS X, but Google does it a little better under Windows with the new Google Deskbar. It sits in the task bar as a little search form.


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Entering a query pops up a small window with search results (not a full browser window), or movie review links from Rotten Tomatoes, dictionary/thesaurus entries, Google's image search feature, or several other choices selectable from a menu. It's customizable, too, which means I'll be replacing Rotten Tomatoes with The Movie Review Query Engine. Sort of handy. No comment on its long-term stability.