When I arrived home from vacation last week I saw the news that Google Desktop was released for the Mac. All excited, I downloaded it and installed it. However, it’s not really necessary on a Mac.

When Google Desktop came out for Windows, it was great. The main reason was becasue it gave Windows a good search application. The built in windows search is slower than hell and I don’t think that dog could find his tail in less than five minutes.

Google Desktop has a fun sidebar feature that can be used to show off Google widgets. However, this is only available on Windows.

Erica Joy (I think she works for Google) figured out a simple work-around. Well kind of.

Since Firefox can load any web page in the sidebar, she said that you just have to put all your favorite widgets in the left column of your Google personalized homepage, then bookmark it, get the bookmark properties and check the ‘load in sidebar’ box. That’s it.

It’s simple, it’s easy and yet none of us thought of that. Check out Erica’s blog for more detailed information.