Google Desktop 2.0 is amazing

I have always liked Google Desktop, so I was excited to try out 2.0 once I heard about it. They most certainly did not disappoint. Its most obvious new feature is the use of the Google Sidebar, it's a lot like Desktop Sidebar (and, of course, the Longhorn sidebar), but much speedier and less resource intensive. It's very slick and usable -- so much I'm even sacrificing a portion of my single monitor at home to use it (something I would have never considered before).

Desktop search is improved to be less browser-centric and using some convenient modal dialogs before forcing you into a browser. Very nice. It even has better Outlook integration with a search bar that integrates directly into the application.

About the only problems I've seen were with its multi-monitor integration (stupid crap like things appearing on the primary display when selected from the secondary display), and it seems to have some inexplicable issues with some XML feeds.

None of these problems take away from its coolness as a whole. Hey, Google, release a Mac version already. You're killing me.