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| Google Quick Search Box | |
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| Developer | |
| Preview release | 2.0.0.3789 / August 23, 2010 (2010-08-23)[1] |
| Written in | Objective-C,Cocoa |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.5 or later |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | code |
Google Quick Search Box (GQSB) is anapplication launcher and desktop search tool developed byGoogle forMac OS X computers. It allows users to search files, URLs, and contacts on their computer, as well as performing actions on the results.
GQSB was first released as a developer preview on January 12, 2009.[2] It is still inbeta, and a new version is released approximately monthly. The releases follow the sequence ofchemical elements from theperiodic table. The first public release was named Scandium and As of August 2009[update] the current release is Cobalt.[3] Like other Google products such asthe Chrome browser, QSB is open-source software. However, just as with Chrome, Google distributes official builds with extra functionality. In the case of QSB, this includesplugin validation,auto-update, and Google-branded icons. Later it became a fully open source product, and just called Quick Search Box.[4] InMac OS X Snow Leopard, QSB has replacedGoogle Desktop.
QSB is similar to another Google product,Google Desktop. However, there are several key differences between the two products:
In addition to file search, QSB is distributed with a suite of plugins that allow additional functionality. These include:
Users have noted that the functionality as compared toDesktop is reduced, especially in the area of in-document text searching, Gmail message searching and web history searching.[citation needed]
