Retrieval and display of content associated with search functionality represented in a taskbar

A method performed by a client computing device, the method comprising:

• retrieving a graphical icon and content that corresponds to the graphical icon from a server computing system that is in communication with the client computing device;
• in response to receiving the graphical icon and the content, causing a search box in a taskbar of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system to be updated to include the graphical icon, where the taskbar extends along a length of a bottom of a display of the client computing device, and further where the search box comprises:
• a text field that is configured to receive a query from a user of the client computing device;
• and
• the graphical icon;
• detecting a selection of the graphical icon in the search box;
• and
• in response to detecting the selection of the graphical icon, causing a graphical pane to be displayed above the search box, where the graphical pane comprises the content previously retrieved from the server computing system.

A computing device comprising a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

• causing a taskbar of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system to be displayed across a bottom of the GUI, where the taskbar includes a selectable graphical icon;
• retrieving content from a server computing system that is in communication with the computing device, where the content corresponds to a geographic region assigned to the computing device;
• subsequent to retrieving the content from the server computing system, detecting a selection of the selectable graphical icon;
• in response to detecting the selection of the selectable graphical icon, causing a graphical pane to be displayed above the graphical icon, where the graphical pane comprises the content retrieved from the server computing system, and further where the graphical pane comprises a text entry field that is configured to receive a query.