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[preview] Getchoo Spotlight Clone

Hey Guys,

So it's been a long time since I've really done anything round here, so I got off my arse and did something. After seeing TiG4's 'Searchlight' application, I decided (just for laughs) to make my own Spotlight clone, this is what Getchoo developed from

Getchoo uses the Google Desktop Search framework (so it must be installed on your computer). It is working extremely fast on my computer (taking less than half a second to perform most searches), and is generally working very well; stable etc.

I need some testers (please PM/email me, dont reply in this thread), that have GDS installed, are very regularly on MSN/AIM and are running Windows XP (or any other windows version prior to Windows 98).

Completed Main Features:

  • The search bar is shown/hidden by system tray icon
  • Fast Searching
  • Different icons for different kinds of file (full list of supported file types are shown in the preferences dialog)
  • Alpha transparency
  • Custom skins
  • Automatically grabs your GDS code so works out the box, no set up needed
  • Automatic Updating (requires net connection)
  • Can be entirely keyboard controlled

What's expected to come before first public release:

  • More spotlight-esque display of results
  • Hot keys to open the search bar

Main interface:

spt1.png

Download a video of Getchoo in action (700kb zipped avi format)

A release should come out within the next week or so.

Cheers,

Al

#301564

Looks promising ! PM sent ;)

#301565

Sweet, looks very promising.

#301567

Wow... That looks fantabulous. Clean, fast,... The dreaded question: what kind of RAM usage are you experiencing?

#301572

It's not too bad at the moment. On my machine never goes above 12,000 K.

#301574

It's not too bad at the moment. On my machine never goes above 12,000 K.

Ah god, I cant wait for this to be released. Looks really fantastic, hope development goes well :)

#301576

video looks really nice

good to see you alilm

#301579

Al welcome back brotha...good to see you working again, this looks great.

#301583

hey alim, app's looking awesome man. I Sent you a pm.

#301608

That's nice, but I must ask, what is the CPU usage like? Previous apps developed by you have all maxed out the CPU to 100% even when the app itself was idle.

#301622

looks good

keep working

#301632

'That's nice, but I must ask, what is the CPU usage like? Previous apps developed by you have all maxed out the CPU to 100% even when the app itself was idle.'

No problems on this front either, it maxes out at about 30% when searching, but always at 0% when idle.

#301639

very cool project, i'll wait it :D

#301646

good to see you back to work bro, ill happly test it, i think u said i could test the last app u were working on, desk...something :/

anyway, pm'ng u now.

#301647

Fantastic...

#301715

It should work so we can use windows themes' spotlight buttons.

#301720

is there any chance of the other alim apps being completed?

#301722

No more Beta testers are needed, cheers to those who PMed me, i'll get in touch.

#301760

Yo Al, where have you been when you've not been here? :) Nice to see you back and working, cheers!

#301765

Great, fantastic....

#301787

Thats very impressive i will look foward to the release

#301829

as im a tester, i can tell u this thing works. Its wicked fast. ans wicked easy to use. it just needs some cosmetic adjustments like to have a shadow. and some other small things i already talked to al about.

i got tom's spotlight to work(some how) and this one is way better in my opinion.

#301837

Thanks so much for making this app. It looks great from the video. I have two simple questions: (1) As I know that GDS doesn't use the default mail app to open mail (and the other Spotlight clone has trouble with opening mail), how is Getchoo dealing with this problem? (2) Can the spotlight icon for Getchoo merge seamlessly with KoL's tiger theme's spotlight icon on the taskbar like the other Spotlight clone does?

I love summer! That's when the Aqua community gets busy!

#301841

Here's my short and simple review after taking it out for a test drive for a day :

2 Fast 2 Furious ;)

#301845

alim, were you including me as a beta tester? I was one of the first to pm you but didn't get a reply.

#301864