Google Quick Search Box, Quicksilver Successor?

It wasn't so long ago that Quicksilver developer, Nicholas Jitkoff, was painting a pretty glum future for everyone's favorite free Mac application, Quicksilver. The story is not over though. It looks like the gang over at Google, where Nicholas now works, has been busy putting together a new incarnation of Quicksilver under the Google banner with the recent release of Google Quick Search Box. The beta software isn't near the functionality of Quicksilver (yet) but this may be one to watch for all keyboard jockeys.