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Original Post: Google Desktop Search - I knew they'd get it right
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It's freaking brilliant. Everyone will blog about it, and will tell you this
and that. So, instead of filling your RSS Reader with the same nonsense, I'll
just offer my first impressions about what I found
so clever.
It sets a Cookie (appears to do it in FireFox as well) that makes DESKTOP appear as
a choice when you visit Google.com.
The link to desktop is like: http://127.0.0.1:4664/&s=1444031046.
Notice that it's running a local Web Server on my box at port 4664. Clever.
In installs a few things to C:\program files\google\Google Desktop Search including:
GoogleDesktopOffice.dll - To index .DOC, .XLS, etc.
GoogleDesktopIE.dll - To index visited sites form your IE cache. I don't see
FireFox being indexed, but it's clear they are using a plugin arch and I suspect we'll
see other plugins coming.
As most "alpha/beta" Google stuff, it's very polished. They've really raised
the bar on what it means to pre-release software.
They've installed an Outlook AddIn, no doubt to get to bypass MAPI and go straight
to the Outlook Object Model. They also appear to directly index Outlook Express
files on disk.
It's going to change the world. Certainly more than Segway. ;)
Now, I hope they don't try to include Desktop AdSense.
"Looks like you're searching for Porn! Try our sponsored links!"
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