BBC Motion Gallery Debuts Search Widget for Mac OS X

BBC Motion Gallery Debuts Search Widget for Mac OS X
BBC Motion Gallery, the footage licensing arm of BBC Worldwide, today announced the availability of a customized Dashboard widget for Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" that will enable users to quickly search online archives without launching a Web browser.

BBC Motion Gallery's development of a search widget underscores its commitment to providing creative professionals with the fastest and simplest access to its expansive digitized libraries.

"Apple has built fantastic tools into Tiger, like Spotlight and Dashboard, to expedite production workflow and we intend to take full advantage of these innovations to bring our customers better products and services," said Jan Ross, Senior Vice President, BBC Motion Gallery.

"Developing the search widget was an easy and obvious way to streamline workflow and improve the customer experience for all of our Mac-based users."

A widget is a mini-application that sits on the Tiger Dashboard and enables users to perform common tasks and get fast access to information.

The BBC Motion Gallery search widget allows customers to instantly search through tens of thousands of video clips directly from the desktop.