DocFetcher is a document search engine that, unlike prominent desktop search engines such as Google Desktop Search or Everything, is best suited for indexing and managing document formats only. Most document types are supported starting with plain text documents to scripting languages such as html or php to Microsoft Office formats like doc and xls [...]
Tags For Your Files
The usual way of organizing files is by either performing a realtime search on the computer system or by using a search software that build an index of files which speeds up the search tremendously. The search usually finds file names and directories but can also search for information contained in the files, at least [...]
Desktop Image Search
Ginipic (via Instant Fundas) is a desktop image search application that provides an easy to use interface to search for images on various websites and even local pictures.The image search supports sites like Flickr, Facebook, Deviant Art, SmugMug, Photobucket or Google, Live Search and Yahoo. The interface can be docked to the side of the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jan 14th, 2009
- Comments: 4
Enable Beagle Searching in GNOME
The Beagle indexing tool takes searching your computer to another level. Beagle uses background indexing so searching is updated in real time and as files are created. Even email is indexed upon arrival, IM chats are indexed as they occur, and web pages are indexed as they load. Beagle not only searches the text of [...]
Everything Is A Rather Unusual Desktop Search Tool
Search tools usually begin to display results as soon as the user is entering some characters. Some instantly display hits while others require the use of the enter key to start the search. Everything – that’s the name of the portable software that is under review – uses a different approach.
Like the name suggests it [...]
Windows Search 4.0
Microsoft released a new version of Windows Search on Windows Update and made it a recommended update for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 users. Windows Search 4.0 introduces a wealth of new features and improvements over the previous version including the automatic indexing of shared folders, improvements in indexing online e-mail [...]
Windows Search Replacement Fileseek
Fileseek is another application developed by the creator of Display Fusion, one of the best multi-monitor wallpaper applications in existence. The software is a file search that can be seen as a Windows Search Replacement. Why could it be a great replacement ? Because it does offer features that the default Windows search does not [...]
