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Desktop Search Engines Compared

Posted by timothy on from the operating-system-handicapped dept.

nutterButter writes "After Google created a stir with its desktop search engine, other engines gained more awareness in the public eye. Slate did a comparison of them and Google was not their top pick; Copernic was. I tried it - and am quite impressed."

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  1. Re:Apple's coming out with something like this... by generic-man · · Score: 1, Troll

    Quicksilver also has the worst interface of any Mac app, ever. Unlike any of the Desktop Search Engines in this article, Quicksilver just dumps you to a screen with two giant icons and no clue about what to type or do.

    It's great for geeks that want to spend hours customizing their interface, downloading thousands of plugins, themes, skins, etc. I'll stick with applications that actually accept text input to find results quickly, like LaunchBar.

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  2. Re:Why is desktop search so hot? by ratpack91 · · Score: 0, Troll

    but it still manages to be way slower and uses more cpu while indexing