Aren't the ranks of us "elite few" (cough old farts cough) being eclipsed by everyone (including Google!) doing the same thing? I sure hope Dave got more than his money's worth out of this little, but brilliant innovation.
I like the part, "somewhat like the Google Deskbar". Didn't Dave do it first? </DQSDpraise> Brainlessly, I just submitted a story to Slashdot about this and forgot to include my name. Oh, well, at least I won't get clueless emails about the Slashdot search function if it gets on the front page. Paul > > > Anyone want to update the http://www.dqsd.net/reviews.htm with this? > > > > > > http://www.anova.org/software/index04.htm#internet > > > Dave's Quick Search Deskbar (Dave Bau) 5 > > > Agile. Dave's Quick Search Deskbar, which is somewhat like > > > the Google Deskbar, is a perfect example of why small, > > > targeted software can do a better job than big, bloated, > > > commoditized, less interesting software. I say it's somewhat > > > like the Google Deskbar, only Dave's is better, faster, > > > smaller, is loaded with features, and most of all: it's > > > usable. All the things you do with the Google Deskbar, you > > > can do with Dave's, usually better, from defining words and > > > terms, using Google as a calculator, looking up people and > > > addresses, spell checking, and if I type in "100usd>eur," I > > > can find current value of a US Dollar in Euros. You can > > > customize almost every part of it; make small or large; > > > display the date and time when inactive; and I don't know how > > > it manages to do it, but it actually performs a Google search > > > incredibly fast - significantly faster than the Google > > > Deskbar. It's freeware and it's unbelievably powerful and > > > agile if you want a search window on your taskbar. Dave Bau > > > himself is extremely sharp, and for a brief interview with > > > him on Deskbar, go here. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ DQSD-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel
