Google releases lighter and faster Google Desktop 5.8

Google has released Desktop version 5.8 which seems to be entirely based on performance improvements. Based on the community feedback, Google has made several enhancements to the product and released lighter and a faster version of the product.

They claim that they have found a way to cut the memory utilization during startup by about 50% and the shutdown of the software now happens five times faster. If any of those two caused any performance issues on your system, you should try the newer release.

Another major improvement is addition of a feature in the product that will detect poorly performing desktop gadgets and also ask if you the gadget should be removed. If your earlier experience with Google Desktop had been unsatisfying, you should give this newer version a try.