Update: As of 4/17/2009 the Gadget is back!
The Gmail gadget for Google Desktop was announced last December. I’ve found it very useful and it has become the primary reason I run Google Desktop on some of my machines.
Alas, it has gone missing! I was setting up a machine yesterday and went looking for the
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I’ve found, in the past month, that Google Desktop has actually become very useful to have around. While I’ve tried it in the past, it just never caught on but with the addition of some recent gadgets it has become something I use every day on my work machine.
What are these new gadgets? All are
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It has been a long time since I last dabbled with Google Desktop. In fact, I think the last time I installed it was back in March of ‘07 when the version 5 beta came out. It’s a neat idea, but just not something that ever “sticks” with my day to day habits.
However, I
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As I do many times a week, I was searching my posts for an old topic. Suddenly, I saw this dialog appear:
Totally blew me away — I’d never noticed this little feature of Google Toolbar before. Is it new? Is it related to my recent install of Google Desktop? I mean,
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The Google Desktop blog announced today the latest beta release for Google Desktop. The main benefits appear to be aimed at better searching via a preview feature and more focus on security.
The most noticeable difference to me, however, is that the sidebar is far more aesthetically pleasing.
The sidebar has a completely new look
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