Comments on: Google Desktop and Feed Aggregation http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/30/google-desktop-and-feed-aggregation/ because technology is just another ecosystem Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/30/google-desktop-and-feed-aggregation/#comment-1051 sogrady Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:57:09 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=565#comment-1051 Danno: interesting, i hadn't noticed that. resource-wise i haven't found it overbearing, but it's not my primary machine and thus is just used for iTunes, etc. Tris: i've done that as well. scratch pad's gone (i use Tomboy on my Linux box), quick view and what's hot too. i might just go with the floating deskbar as well. Danno: interesting, i hadn’t noticed that. resource-wise i haven’t found it overbearing, but it’s not my primary machine and thus is just used for iTunes, etc.

Tris: i’ve done that as well. scratch pad’s gone (i use Tomboy on my Linux box), quick view and what’s hot too. i might just go with the floating deskbar as well.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/30/google-desktop-and-feed-aggregation/#comment-1050 Tris Hussey Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:05:49 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=565#comment-1050 I still have the sidebar open, but have reduced the panels to the core one I like/use: Email, Web Clips, Todo, Scratch Pad, Quick View, and System Monitor. I still have the sidebar open, but have reduced the panels to the core one I like/use:
Email, Web Clips, Todo, Scratch Pad, Quick View, and System Monitor.

]]> By: Danno http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/08/30/google-desktop-and-feed-aggregation/#comment-1049 Danno Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:34:17 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=565#comment-1049 It's important to note that Google doesn't ASK you if you'd like to slurp a page's RSS, it just goes and grabs it and sticks it in the WebClips panel. I turned off the Sidebar because it was eating too many resources and I was only using the quick Desktop search (Switched to Deskbar, I love launching MP3s that way). It’s important to note that Google doesn’t ASK you if you’d like to slurp a page’s RSS, it just goes and grabs it and sticks it in the WebClips panel.

I turned off the Sidebar because it was eating too many resources and I was only using the quick Desktop search (Switched to Deskbar, I love launching MP3s that way).

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