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Another related app : Mayk
mouser:
freeware
http://www.beotel.net/~darkdst/
[found via ShellCity.net]
nontroppo:
It has a progressive find feature (weirdly seperated from the main interface, press F9 to activate). I just tested it using Filemon, and setting up the same directories to search in that FARR uses. Here are the number of Read, write and open operations for FARR and Mayk for the search of "op" in 5 folders (timing is from the first to last file operation):
FARR: 12806 (takes 3668ms)
Mayk: 2088 (takes 184ms)
Mayk is really fast, living up to his claim that "Find files fast and easy with preposterously fast search utility". Now it is not doing partial file matching (so "op" matches opera but not CD Copier), but I don't see why that should slow things down so much (and shouldn't cause extra disk activity).
It is maybe worthwhile trying to see how he gets his search operations so blazingly fast (Filemon has much more info available). FARR seems to spend more time in each directory (it traverses the tree more times than Mayk), and querying each shortcut. I wonder whether this slowdown comes from retrieving the icons? If so an option to not show icons seems highly desirable.
kfitting:
Interesting comparison. I agree about the icon option. I also wonder if you could make your own icon for different file types. I've found color helps me immensely when trying to differentiate between different things. FOr example, maybe you could make exe's a green square, mp3's orange, etc (sorry, this is just my synaethesia coming out... and yes, exe's are actually green and mp3's are actually orange). This way FindRun wouldnt have to search for an individual icon, just put up a generic one. I think this could be cool.
Why dont we just add 1000's of options and make FindRun into a personal computer?
Kevin
mouser:
yeah frr does some resolving of icons and shortcuts - i probably should do a round of optimization and make sure that im not retrieving information that i don't need to be doing (ie no need to resolve shortcuts or get icons unless they are displayed in the results view). no reason f+r should do more file operation than is absolutely nesc. after we get some more core features done ill go through the code an optimize everything.
nontroppo:
after we get some more core features done ill go through the code an optimize everything.
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Cool. I'm just pushing on the performance front because my current work computer really does take almost 4 seconds for each letterpress, and I am finding I launch the wrong shortcuts as the list visibly updates, slowing me down (launching the wrong shortcut is much slower than just using the start menu...)
Colour coding seems an excellent idea BTW, we could assign colours to specific folders, file types or groups.
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