I think it would be more ergonomic and easier to use.
To be honest, Dave, I didn't think it would be that hard a thing to sort out.
I'm used to using this kind of search on other OSs, and if I recall
correctly, Google desktop has this kind of functionality - but I would rather
remain 'In House', so to speak, as my experiences from using google desktop a
few years ago showed it to be an awful system hog.
Ben
"Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
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> Can you explain what having search on the taskbar would add for you over the
> existing Start Menu search?
>
> Dave
>
> "Ben Cadet" <BenCadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Thanks for the reply, Dave
> >
> > Unfortunately still does not supply me with an answer!
> > I checked out http://brandontools.com/ , but there was nothing that helped
> > me there.
> >
> > Any one else have any ideas?
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > "Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
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> >> The replacement for search on the task bar is having search in the start
> >> menu. It's the same number of clicks away - just click or hit the windows
> >> key and start typing your search.
> >>
> >> One of the devs in the search team Brandon has a couple of tools and
> >> gadgets
> >> available for download - I'm not sure they do exactly what you want but
> >> you
> >> might find them interesting: http://brandontools.com/
> >>
> >> Dave Wood
> >>
> >>
> >> "Ben Cadet" <Ben Cadet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news 760EE4C-BA8D-4259-A33E-36E74998A25B@xxxxxx
> >> > I've just spent the last few hours futilely trying to add the native
> >> > 'Windows
> >> > desktop search' to either my taskbar, or the sidebar as a gadget - but
> >> > to
> >> > no
> >> > avail.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any idea how to provide this obvious piece of
> >> > ergonomics
> >> > &
> >> > functionality?
> >> >
> >> > I'm VERY suprised that this isn't an 'easy' thing to do...
> >> >
> >> > Ben
> >> >
> >>
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