Comments on: Smart is sexy

By: aion gold

aion gold — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:39:29 +0000

but the GOOGLE machine translation still has problem . like translation to Chinese and Japanese . The translation result many time not good . Can only guess the rough meaning . But still it is helpful .

By: doudou

doudou — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:34:29 +0000

google translator works great, but they still have some work for different language…I’m thinking about french for example

By: Sterling Silver Jewelry

Sterling Silver Jewelry — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:04:37 +0000

love using and exploring Google

By: Scented Candles

Scented Candles — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:02:27 +0000

Yeah, luv G translator

By: lazer epilasyon

lazer epilasyon — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:30:55 +0000

google translator is the fastest

By: Salomo

Salomo — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:24:08 +0000

I have the similar problem with the Finnish version (in Finnish “gadget failed to install” is displayed “Gadgetin asennus epäonnistui”. I put it here, in case some other Finnish speaking finds this thourgh web search, that only presents this blog in the search results).

I have Zone Alarm (newest version 6.5.737.000) but despite allowing the Desktop to access the web in Zone alarm the popup appears. Perhaps there is something to do with Virus Protection.. (F-Secure). I don’t know. I don’t have this problem with my other computer with Symantec Antivirus… (it has the same version of Zonealarm although).

So, there are still people who are having similar problems, and the proposed solution doesn’t yet provide sufficient help.

Anyway, thanks guys already!

By: Tom Munroe

Tom Munroe — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:45:53 +0000

Yep, Desktop 4.0 needs a windows firewall exception for Google Desktop search. Problem solved.

Old version didn’t have gadgets downloading or updating from where ever. Works perfectly now. Got thrown off because old destop search didn’t have any problems. Maybe some fool who had problems like me will find this post and solve the same problem. I had to navigate to the programs folder and find the program under the Google folder. Firewall didn’t have Desktop listed right after install before I restarted in the list of programs to check for an exception.

Google might help people by telling them about this requirement when they install the new Desktop version. Tom M

By: Tom Munroe

Tom Munroe — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:20:30 +0000

Boy, did your comment about Desktop 4 blow a lot of hours for me yesterday. I downloaded the new version and whenever I restarted my computer I got 6 or 7 “gadget failed to install” pop-up messages. Ultimately I restored my computer to an earlier date. Reinstalled it again and had to restore again.

Did a search and found a person who had same problem with gadgets. He was advised (by Google I believe) to delete his desktop datafiles because the problem was being caused by corrupted desktop datafile – then to reinstall desktop search. He did as advised, reinstalled the program and “failed to install gadget” pop-ups were still there.

At that point I decided to just stick with the restore and forget 4.0. My destop datafile is important to me. Did a ;lot of searching looking for answers but found nothing. I’m looking into my firewall settings to see if that is what is causing the problem, or some other similar blocking program.

If you have a clue or about this issue, or can point me somewhere I would appreciate it. Thanks, Tom M

By: WebMaster ToolBox

WebMaster ToolBox — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:09:53 +0000

So google translator is the fastest?

By: vary

vary — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:00:03 +0000

The google translate server is not always working.