Comments on: Your Own Private Google http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:41:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Gary http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-109 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:10:15 +0000 http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-109 Limitations: Looks like this only works on XP and Win2K. Therefore, you <strong>can't</strong> run this on the server and access remotely. (A very saavy question posed by my mother) Also you will not find stuff that is stored on drives other than C:. That stinks. Limitations:

Looks like this only works on XP and Win2K. Therefore, you can’t run this on the server and access remotely. (A very saavy question posed by my mother)

Also you will not find stuff that is stored on drives other than C:. That stinks.

]]> by: Gary http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-108 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:54:18 +0000 http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-108 If you just installed it, it takes a while to create an index. Perhaps it is not done yet. I was not fully indexed until several hours after installing. If you just installed it, it takes a while to create an index. Perhaps it is not done yet. I was not fully indexed until several hours after installing.

]]> by: B Rock http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-107 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:20:53 +0000 http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-107 How come it doen't find all the emails with a certain company name when I do a search (with outlook open of course) How come it doen’t find all the emails with a certain company name when I do a search (with outlook open of course)

]]> by: Gary http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-105 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:00:52 +0000 http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-105 If you are running a Mac, <strong>looks like Apple will have this type of search</strong> in the next release of the Mac Operating System. <blockquote cite="http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html">Second-Nature Searching Tiger’s new system-wide Spotlight search helps you find anything on your Mac, instantly. Spotlight can find email messages, calendars and contacts along with documents, movies, images — any kind of file — all at once. Spotlight results are displayed in easy-to-understand categories that help you browse, pick and click. Finding the stuff you need on your personal computer is now as fast and effortless as searching for songs in iTunes. Tiger also introduces enhanced searching in the Finder to help you locate files and documents more quickly and easily. New Smart Folders in the Finder, Smart Mailboxes in Mail, and Smart Groups for contacts let you categorize and organize all of your important information into logical groups automatically." </blockquote> If you are running a Mac, looks like Apple will have this type of search in the next release of the Mac Operating System.

Second-Nature Searching
Tiger’s new system-wide Spotlight search helps you find anything on your Mac, instantly. Spotlight can find email messages, calendars and contacts along with documents, movies, images — any kind of file — all at once. Spotlight results are displayed in easy-to-understand categories that help you browse, pick and click. Finding the stuff you need on your personal computer is now as fast and effortless as searching for songs in iTunes. Tiger also introduces enhanced searching in the Finder to help you locate files and documents more quickly and easily. New Smart Folders in the Finder, Smart Mailboxes in Mail, and Smart Groups for contacts let you categorize and organize all of your important information into logical groups automatically.”

]]> by: Mark http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-104 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:28:45 +0000 http://dykstranet.com/2004/10/14/desktop-google/#comment-104 Well, life's funny. Works just fine with Firefox (although it doesn't search Firefox history). Well, life’s funny. Works just fine with Firefox (although it doesn’t search Firefox history).

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