Before the Google deskbar, there was Dave’s Quick Deskbar. The two tools look and act remarkably alike, but Dave’s has a handful of features Google’s doesn’t, and-geeks take note-Dave’s is open source, so you can add your own features or tweak existing ones. (If hacking the tool appeals to you, bear in mind that its underlying code is in Javascript & HTML, with a smidgen of C in the mix, too.)
Here are a few of the clear tricks Dave’s deskbar performs :
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It lets you run searches not just for Google, but for 140 different Web Sites, including Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), and a hard of the other search engines.
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It has a wizard that guides you through setting up your own custom searches. Dave suggests using a custom search for your company’s intranet, although you can use one to automatically search any web sites you’d like.
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The blank search box isn’t actually blank-insteadc, it displays the date and time, so you can hide your system clock and save some valuable screen space.
Dave’s deskbar works with Window 95 or later and Internet Explorer 5.5 or later ; you can’t install it from any other browser . Check it out at www.dqsd.net.
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