New on your Desktop
Posted by Posted by Kan Liu, Product
Manager, Google Desktop
In v.1 of Google Desktop,
we focused on helping you quickly find existing information on your
own computer. In v. 2, it became easier to organize and find new
personalized information from all over the web via the Sidebar. Now
there's v.3, in which you can also search across multiple
computers to find your information. You don't have to worry
about where it lives; it's available anywhere you are. If
you've ever created a document but forgot whether it's on
your laptop or desktop, then you can appreciate why we built this
feature.
And if you find something interesting in the Sidebar (an
interesting newsbit, weekend weather, a hot stock), now you can
right-click on the item and send it directly to your friend's
Sidebar. Or hey, just play
with your pal (another Sidebar newbie). And speaking of pals,
we're keen to see what other collaborative panels the
developers among us can come up with (I'd love to see a chess
game!). Anyone who can write a web page can write a panel, so head
to the developer
site to try your hand.
The only catch with having desktop tools is that they take up
valuable screen real estate. Now you can undock Sidebar panels and
keep them floating wherever. Bring panels forward by hitting
"Shift" twice, clicking the "Panels" button, or
keep them always visible by selecting "Stay on
top."
We hope you enjoy all the new features and find them truly useful.
Please contribute your ideas via the
for Desktop.