Preview: Google Quick Search Box for Mac
Many Mac users know about an app called Quicksilver. It’s a simple productivity application that can help you do things with a few quick keystrokes. Just last month Google released a beta of a new tool that’s quite similar; Google Quick Search Box.
Google Quick Search Box opens with a simple double tap of the command key. From here you can just type in what you want. Google QSB has some basic search features, including the ability to search your computer and certain websites (such as Google, Youtube, and Wikipedia). You can navigate results with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Sadly, web search results only showed up for Wikipedia and Youtube, and it only displays limited results. For the other options it just opens a link in your default browser.
Google QSB also includes some more advaced features. If you type in “Weather” and your zipcode the current weather conditions will show up. You can also use it as a simple calculator. It even searches your web browser’s history for results.
Although Google Quick Search Box currently doesn’t have many features it looks like a promising application. It is only a beta right now and more features will probably be added soon. You can download the app right now from it’s Google Code website for free.
You do know that A1c0r, the maker of quicksilver, went to go work for google, and made the google search iphone app and so forth, right?
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yeah, another data mining tool from your “we are not evil” Google. I wonder if it installs the same google update mechanism as the other software by them unknowingly for user?
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