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layout: post
title: H Double-T P
author: Steven
date: 2006-01-26 11:50:04
categories: 
- Musings
tags: 
- os x
- software
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	H Double-T P is a hack of Apple's Google widget.

	

	Personally, I don't really need a widget to search Google. My browser has a search box in the upper right corner. So, having a widget to search google didn't save me enough clicks to be of help.

	

	BUT...

	If I am in another application and my web browser is not open, invoking dashboard and entering a web address does save me quite a few clicks.

	

	So, I hacked Apple's Google widget, ran its face through ImageReady and wound up with H Double-T P.

	

	Simply put, this widget let's the user enter a web address (without the http :// ) and it will open the page in the user's default browser even if the browser was not already open.

	

	If there is enough interest in this widget, I will rebuild it with the following features:

	
		opening a URL
	
		searching for a specified term
	
		choosing what search engine to use


	

	Since H Double-T P is a hack of Apple's widget, I am not currently putting it under an opensource license. If I do rebuild it with all of my own work, the widget will be opensourced.

	

	Click here to download

	

	(This widget requires either Mac OS X 10.4.x or Amnesty Browser to run)