i wasn't really sure why i needed desktop search, and i gotta admit, i couldn't quite get why i would want to use a localhost browser based application...but after curiously trying Yahoo! Desktop Search Beta, MSN Desktop and Blinx - Google Desktop is just less intrusive than all the others, and seemed to provide faster and better results.
emails i have been looking for forever have suddenly been found - i don't even think about using Outlook search anymore - it's click on the tray and search. and i love the feature that adds the local results to your web searches. i recently moved to mostly the y! search engine, but now i've switched back because of this feature.
I never know when it's indexing - it doesn't cause problems when watching a DVD like some of the others, and doesn't waste my resources with 3D visualizations i won't ever use.
Clearly the furthest behind in my mind was the MSN product. It just seems like a repackaging of the ironically titled "FindFast" - which is pretty much a virus - just try getting rid of that service once you install it. when MSN desktop was indexing, everything else on my system came to a crawl, and if i had to suspend in the middle of indexing, my machine would surely crash.
it's great to see competition spawn some great products. good thing yahoo! desktop is still in beta - they can play catch up.
Posted by Steve at March 10, 2005 09:45 PM | TrackBack