Google Desktop 3 for Enterprise

Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer

We've recently released a new Enterprise version of Google Desktop 3 giving adminstrators full control over what features to restrict and how documents are retained. To learn more visit the blog entry from our friends on the Enterprise team.

It's Raining Plug-ins

Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer

Yesterday we released 10 new Google Desktop plug-ins. Kudos to all the
developers.

• Magnifier by Catalin Patulea - Magnifies the active area of your screen


• WorldTimes by Neil Selkirk - Displays the current homepage details from WhatsTimeWorth.com and World Times for 457 different locations


• CurrencyQuotes by Joe Force - Displays currency quotes with directional indicators


• AuctionWatch by Ty Kroll - Tracks multiple eBay auctions


• SessionControl by Joel Costa - Control your Windows Session tasks


• MM-Memo by Tennetiss - Shows your MM/Memo social bookmarks


• VerseOfTheDay by Adam Faulkner - Displays a daily Bible verse


• IntegrateIE by Bas Rokers - Integrates Google Desktop into IE 7


• 3DTicTacToe by Catalin-Alexandru Avram - What is says


• NBA Scoreboard by Google - Shows live scores and stats for NBA games
  

New version, new plug-ins, new samples

Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer

With the release of Google Desktop 3 Beta, our plug-in collection grew a little larger:

• MSN Messenger Sidebar Plug-in by Otron - Get quick access to your Messenger contacts.


• eBay Watcher by Google - Never miss an eBay auction.


• Tic Tac Toe by Google - Play a game of Tic Tac Toe against the computer or a friend.


• GoogleVideo Indexer by Google - Index and search Google Video .GVI files


• ResearchAccelerator by Michael S. Scherotter - Integrate Google Desktop results into Mind Manager.


• Tarchiver by Jonathan Speiser - Index the file names contained within TAR files.


• IPS Website Counter by Michel Blanc - Monitor the traffic of multiple websites.

Additionally the SDK contains new and updated sample code to assist plug-in developers in using the latest APIs:

• GoogleVideo indexing sample


• Query API sample


• ImFeelingLucky Event API sample


• TicTacToe Communication API sample

Desktop Reloaded

Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer

Today we're very pleased to announce the launch of Google Desktop 3 Beta. The new version comes loaded with features that make finding and sharing information even easier and more fun than before.

As a Sidebar user, you can now customize and view personalized information anywhere on the the desktop by clicking and dragging your favorite panels wherever you like. Furthermore, you can now easily share information from your Sidebar panels with your contacts by sending it to them through email, chat or directly to their Sidebar. As an added bonus you and your contacts can also play online games through the Sidebar.

We also provided the means to access your data no matter where it resides. The Search Across Computers feature makes it seamless to search the content of your documents and web history from any of your computers.

For developers we have packed the Google Desktop SDK with new APIs and tools to enable the development of applications that leverage the product's new indexing, display and communication capabilities. These include a Query API, a Communication API, improved Script API support, plug-in logging support, and new code samples.

Other new features include the addition of a Search Lock, an advanced search form, spelling suggestions, zip file indexing, and an improved preferences page.

As always we would love to hear your comments, suggestions, opinions, and testimonials.