[JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!

Uninformed bad Mouthing?

Conversely,  I don't like to hear miss informed post that could cause people 
some real spyware issues.

Feel free to use what crap you want but don't tell me that I'm uninformed 
unless you can back it up!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 9:17 AM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!


I have no idea what you're referring to???  What "proprietary nature"???

It doesn't "take over" your browser; you can still set your preferred
search engine to whatever you want; this just makes it a whole lot
easier to find things on your pc.   You've really got to use it to
understand how handy it is when you know you had that information
somewhere ... you just bring up google desktop via insert+f10 and you've
got the interface you're used to from the web google, and you get to
search your files, your web pages, and your email, so you can find that
book you ordered from amazon in a second.

I've got over 300 thousand items (mostly files, e-books) indexed, and I
couldn't hope to manage them all without a nice (and free) indexing
tool.

You may want to use something else, but I really don't like to see
uninformed bad-mouthing of something that can be so useful to others who
want to try it.

Chip






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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission

Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314

 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Gillard
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:09 AM
> To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
>
> Well I don't like the proprietary nature of Google desktop or
> Google Tool
> bar.
>
> There's a little utility that you cannot stop from running
> that is supposed
> to ensure that no other search engine takes over your browser.
>
> Some reports I have read says that it is a form of Addware.
>
> I blew it all away very quickly.
>
> Personal choice I guess...KG
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 8:01 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: Be careful of Google Desktop!
>
>
> I have to say I have google desktop on an xp laptop and a
> vista laptop,
> and don't have any issues with either.  I much prefer the
> google search
> interface.  I also am not sure that the vista indexer handles emails
> like google desktop does.
>
> Yes, when you first install google desktop it can slow down
> things a bit
> while it does the initial index.  If you bring up your list of systray
> icons with insert+f10, you can pause the indexing for google
> desktop, or
> stop it altogether, until you're able to let it run overnight.
>
> hth,
>
> Chip
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Chip Orange
> Database Administrator
> Florida Public Service Commission
>
> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (850) 413-6314
>
>  (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Christopher Collins
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:29 AM
> > To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [JAWSLite] Be careful of Google Desktop!
> >
> > Hello to all:
> >
> > I wanted to tell you about a problem I had with my computer
> > which began a
> > couple weeks ago.  I started noticing that my computer was
> > not responding
> > as fast as before, but worst of all, when I would turn on
> my computer,
> > sometimes JAWS would not come up or start at all, and I would
> > have to shut
> > down even a few times to get it to start.  So after I told
> > myself to calm
> > down and not panick, I started trying to think about any
> > changes I could
> > have possibly  made.  I also downloaded and installed the
> > latest update to
> > the RealNetworks Rhapsody Music Service.  At that time, I
> was prompted
> > about whether I wanted to install Google Desktop, and I
> inadvertantly
> > clicked Yes.  And then I thought, "Well, why not try it?"  It
> > finally hit
> > me that this program is indexing my computer in order to
> > allow its searches
> > and that it probably needs to start before anything else.  I
> > uninstalled it
> > on Saturday, and I have been fine ever since.  And a friend
> > told me tonight
> > that if you haveWindows Fista on your machine, you definitly
> > don't want
> > Google Desktop since that functionality is already a component of
> > Vista.  If Google Desktop is currently on your computer, I
> > advise that you
> > uninstall it.
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