Future of Spotlight

By C.K. Sample, III

Looks like my take on Spotlight as an OS-integrated version of QuickSilver is quite possibly dead wrong.  Kottke discusses some interesting comments in a Slashdot thread in his recent post, The Future of Spotlight and OS X.
The majority of the discussion is based upon comments by a supposed Apple employee, but they also make a lot of sense. There is indication of Apple moving away from the Finder and the entire Finder metaphor within their OS towards a more meta-cognitive Spotlight-based interface where the user is able to create relationships between various bits of information and files on the computer. There's even discussion of releasing GPS-capable Powerbooks. 

Which do you think will make it to market first: a G5 Powerbook or a GPS-capable Powerbook?
 

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