Google Quick Search gets dev release, may replace Quicksilver

In Google's Mac blog last night, the team announced the developer preview of Google Quick Search for Mac (OS X 10.5+), what they call a much more experimental version of the app for iPhone.

The application acts as a quick launcher, a browser location bar, and a search field which allows the user to search for files or text on his own computer or on the Web. It even has one boxes for word definitions, mathematical equations, and weather conditions.

If this all seems familiar, it's because the application is very similar to Blacktree Studios' open source OS X multi-launcher Quicksilver, and is actually being led by that software's creator, Nicholas Jitkoff.

When asked if QSB is intended to replace Quicksilver in the general discussion forum, Jitkoff said, "We'll see how it goes!"

Google Quick Search (QSB 2.0.0.808) is available in Google Code downloads.