Program type: Freeware
Developer Name: TrieTech
Release Date: 2006-02-09
System requirements:
WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003
At least 8 megabytes of free disk space on HDD.
Limitations: No limitations
Program cost: $0.00 (click to order)
ttgdstb1_2.zip
File size: 2223Kb
Install support: Install and Uninstall
Program language: English, Russian
What is new: Advanced queries: file type, location, date, web site, from/to/subject etc Sorting in search result chm files support Preview for bmp, gif, jpg, png files Search progress rewritten - now it"s modeless Search result displaying speed optimized Minor bug fixes.
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This free program extends the Google Desktop (GD) functionality by providing a native Windows interface and allowing GD to access more file formats. The interface enhancements include search terms highlighting, on-the-fly compressed files extraction and several ways to make searches including a Windows tray pop-up menu. Additionally, the program adds support for searching in compressed archives, MS Help files, WEB archives, and more.
Download Halftone Search for Google Desktop v1.2.4
Order Halftone Search for Google Desktop v1.2.4
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Description of Halftone Search for Google Desktop v1.2.4
Google Desktop is a free tool available for download from the Google web site. This powerful instrument is intended as a cross-platform solution that allows you to make searches on your local PC the same way as you search the WEB with Google. But what is good in general cannot be absolutely perfect for every particular case. Halftone Search from Trietech is a free Google Desktop add-on that offers some advanced Google Desktop functionality to MS Windows users. Google Desktop uses an HTML interface. It"s fine for the net, but on your local desktop you would certainly prefer an application that uses native Windows controls. Halftone Search solves this problem by offering you an alternative Google Toolbar UI. With the Halftone Search, you can highlight search terms in the results, customize fonts, etc. The program can extract compressed files on-the-fly and show their contents. It also provides several ways to make searches. You can choose from a pop-up menu in your Windows tray, a form or a dockable toolbar in the main program window. In addition to the interface enhancements, Halftone Search also extends the Google Desktop search engine itself. As you may know, Google Desktop uses "drivers" to collect searchable data from your local files. "Drivers" are plugins that allow it to understand specific file formats. Halftone Search installs drivers for compressed file archives (rar, zip, arj, tar, gz, bz2, etc.), chm files, MS Help v.2 files (just imagine a searchable index of all the help files on your disks), plain-text files with unicode support, web archives (mht) plus all the drivers you may have installed by MSN Desktop Search. With Halftone Search you can also manage all the installed drivers. With all of the above in mind, we are quickly driven to the conclusion that Halftone Search is a must-have add-on for every Google Desktop user with a Windows powered PC. |
