> > I would like to see a couple more buttons for the search box, in
> > addition to "search mail" and "search the web" to wit:  "create a
> > Google Web Alert", "create a Google News Alert" and if a URL is
> > entered, "send me this page."

> Those are not a bad ideas at all.

> What might be nice, if a bit more complex, is in addition to the
> "Search Mail" and "Search the Web" field at top (you enter data in
> field, and then click one of those buttons" maybe also have those
> buttons check for any highlighted text on the page -- anything the
> used has highlighted with the cursor -- and, if so, use that
> information when the user clicks one of those top buttons.

> Similarly, a "create a Google Web Alert" and "create a Google News
> Alert" button with a similar functionality.

> So, say, a friend emails you something about Britney Spears.  You
> could just highlight her name, and then click "create a Google News
> Alert" and it would create one for "Britney Spears".

> Snazzy.  I like.  Submit!