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以前我最喜欢的桌面日历是Active Desktop Calendar，它能清晰的显示出最近几天的待办事项和Tasks（任务列表）。
不过现在考虑到经常会在几个电脑上转移，需要把数据存在网上，所以选用了Google Calendar，用着还可以，只是没有Tasks，另外每次还得主动打开浏览器去连接，所以还是稍显麻烦。
最后想到了Google Desktop，因为听说了Calendar可以集成进去，果真如此。初次之外，我发现Google Desktop改版后的一个亮点就是可扩展性。拥有众多的插件。我把尝试过的几个列在下面

日历：需要从英文插件里选，没有中文的，不过好像Create new event都把时间建到当前日期了。是bug么

时钟：挺好的，就是希望能再大些

Email：不会用，从来没显示出邮件过。后来就删掉了

Google Talk：本以为是单独的插件，想把原来的Google Talk删掉的，没想到它是外部调用了Google Talk，我晕。。于是也删了

任务列表：扩充了Calendar的功能，这下我就可以抛弃Active Desktop Calendar了

便笺簿：还没真正用上，但是感觉还不错。

网摘: 本想把Google Reader集成的,后来发现不怎么行(不仅仅是显示条目,而是把已读与未读的状态也与Google Reader同步)

还有很多有趣的Gadget,另外还可以自己开发,不错.

另外，其实我挺讨厌Google Desktop的索引的，于是把它和搜索功能都禁了。但是既然这个功能
可以禁掉，就说明这个软件还不错。

我好像成Google fans了

感兴趣的试试吧

PS:似乎只有Windows版,没有Linux的 :(
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