GOOGLE ME THIS

GOOGLE ME THIS

Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by G4MER on Thu Aug 25th 2005 at 2:15pm
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Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by satchmo on Thu Aug 25th 2005 at 3:56pm
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Nah, I like my Windows XP OS the way it is. I don't want stock listings or anything else flashing across my desktop.

My desktop is clean, spanking clean.
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Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by azelito on Thu Aug 25th 2005 at 5:44pm
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Hm, I think Ill be fine without it but Im sure its handy.
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Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 3:41am
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I hate all those "bars" that ppl wanna install on my system. They don't help ANYTHING and they just give u ads and flash stock quotes and "news" up when you're trying to play Quake 3...
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Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 4:38am
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I hate all those "bars" that ppl wanna install on my system.
They don't help ANYTHING and they just give u ads and flash stock
quotes and "news" up when you're trying to play Quake 3...
There's no ads on this at all, and while personally I'm not using it I
can still appreciate the fact that's a well designed program, and free
of bloat. It integrates perfectly with Google Talk and you can use it
for RSS feeds, which I know nothing about. You can disable the stocks
and news, and even add semi-useful things like memory monitors and the
like. Don't be so dismissive Nickle. :wink:
Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by G4MER on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 1:07pm
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Its not a scroller, its made to help keep your desktop clean and remove the clutter. Not only that you can plug RSS feeds into it. Its not a bar.. its a sidebar, like this program. http://www.desktopsidebar.com/ and a lot of people use this.. and heck even the new Windows uses a side bar ( Longhorn ).

Here is an image of Longhorn and its sidebar. http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/art/59/lh_01.jpg

I guess no one even botherd to read what it is or looked at it, they just assumed.. How mature. thanks for giving me the time of day.
Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by Myrk- on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 2:11pm
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Its more clutter... And how old is that Longhorn pic? Looks like its from the time it got leaked out.
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Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by G4MER on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 4:55pm
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Its more clutter... And how old is that Longhorn pic? Looks like its from the time it got leaked out.
I have no idea how old it is.. yeah its called Vista now.. so I am sure pretty old.

Some may see it as clutter and some as a way to organize the stuff you use most into one area for ease of use.
Re: GOOGLE ME THIS Posted by Tracer Bullet on Fri Aug 26th 2005 at 5:20pm
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Some images in this post have been automatically down-sized, click on them to view the full sized versions:

Oh, my yes. What clutter this silly program causes!

User posted image

Come on guys. You can customize it to do whatever you want. I have email, weather, the scratch pad, and stock quotes because those are the things I was interested in. You don't even need to operate it as a sidebar. It can be as small as a system tray icon, and the best part about it is that it allows you to search your computer in less than a second rather than the 15-30 min it takes windows to do it normaly!
Some people are like slinkys...

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