Google Desktop 1.0.1.126 released: Speed improvements, memory usage reduction

Google Desktop 1.0.1.126 for Mac OS X has been released, resolving many of the speed and memory footprint issues extant in the initial release.

Specific enhancements include:

• Speed of re-crawl (after restart) by about 20%
• Memory use when quickly indexing a lot of data by compressing it until we can process it
• Handling of UTF8 in Gmail
• Support for datefrom: and dateto: query restricts
• Display of search results when a document has been moved or renamed
• Performance when indexing has been turned off in preferences
• Detection of command-command key to reduce chances of activating it by accident
• Thumbnails for image files in the Web UI

Bug fixes include:

• Duplicate and spam email messages were re-crawled.
• Spotlight Privacy settings on external volumes, FileVault, and ~/Library/Mail were not respected.
• Real-time events on external volumes were ignored.
• Certain large fonts (eg, Devangari) would cause alignment issues when displaying results.
• Quick Search box could be hidden behind the menu bar and where it would fade in after the helper window on first launch.
• Web history in Firefox and Camino would crash when the display was set to anything other than 32-bit color.
• "Alive/Update" ping was not always sent; Now it is sent per the Privacy Policy.

In order to install Google Desktop 1.0.1.126, you must use the Google Updater application, available as a 1 MB download.

Previous coverage:

• Google Desktop 1.0: Known issues; Reducing system slowdown; Problems with Spotlight search results; uninstalling; more

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