I use "desktop search" apps as my UI, forgoing and hiding as much as a I can, things like the Dock and Start Menu. On Mac, I use Spotlight. CMD+Space to activa

I use "desktop search" apps as my UI, forgoing and hiding as much as a I can, things like the Dock and Start Menu. On Mac, I use Spotlight. CMD+Space to activate. On Windows, I use the default Windows search functionality in Windows 7, it's fantastic. Windows key to activate. On Linux, I used Beagle a bit. Here's a list for further research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines#Desktop_search_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines#Desktop_...