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Actually the Quick Search Box maintainer (dmaclach) posted on Google Groups that Quick Search Box is basically dead in the water, and no longer funded by Google. Apparently most of the former team are now working on Chrome:

http://groups.google.com/group/qsb-mac-discuss/msg/ded590b8b...

though I think a lot of the sensibilities from QSB have landed in the iphone google search app and the search box for android

I had high hopes for QSB. I especially loved its ability to grab menu items and use quicklook on files.

Unfortunately, QSB was a major memory hog on my system when compared to Quicksilver and Alfred.