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Yep, and Apple does this too. The Spotlight feature in macOS (OS-wide search, it's the little magnifying glass in the top right) was a feature that Apple blata
by fulladder 3y ago
Yep, and Apple does this too. The Spotlight feature in macOS (OS-wide search, it's the little magnifying glass in the top right) was a feature that Apple blatantly ripped off from a popular early-2000s third party extension. Adding this to the OS killed that company overnight. Forget their name, but someone else might remember.
All platform vendors seem to do this, which is unfortunate.
- Jtsummers 3y agoIt's an easy thing to find, the name even became a verb. Sherlock was the program: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sherlocked https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sherlocked
- ttepasse 3y agoTwice: The usage of a giant text input box as a launcher or command palette was pioneered on the Mac by LaunchBar and Quicksilver and later Alfred, etc. Spotlight for a long time was only a menu extra.