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What is the currently best Desktop Search software?
Darwin:
Do you really expect there will be a version 7 ??
-Curt (March 16, 2008, 01:49 PM)
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Good point, but rumours are floating around out there (or at least were 18 months ago): http://www.wilderssecurity.com/archive/index.php/t-117653.html
Dormouse:
Avanquest ... seem to specialise in good ideas that then die a quiet death which continuing to sell the products.
I think they are basically acting as a reseller these days -Carol Haynes (March 16, 2008, 01:56 PM)
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My own guess is that they take over a lot of failing software businesses/products and then market them pretty successfully at low prices .. and probably make money because their investment in further development is strictly limited.
Change:
I've been using Copernic Desktop Search since ages and not found a better one yet, though the latest versions seem to eat up 100% CPU for no reason relatively often, forcing me to kill the process when I need to do something more important.
I'm also using AvaFind, of which I bought the Pro version yesterday since I wanted to add network search capability. I know it's not being developed anymore since a long time, but I still haven't found a better replacement for it. It's just extremely fast when you know the filename or extension you need (esp. when using shift-esc to pop it up). No other solution has popped up faster for me, except for FARR, which serves another purpose.
Curt:
It is good to know that Ava Find works for someone, because when I tried it "File Edit View Tools Help" stayed greyed out and unreachable for ever, so I was unable to do any settings, but gave up all of the project.
Dormouse:
My version of PowerDesk Pro is 6.0.4.2 © 1998-2005 - Any newer ones?
Edit:
Maybe 'someone' will download the supposedly new trial and tell what version's number it is? :tellme:
-Curt (March 16, 2008, 01:49 PM)
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6.0.1.3 :huh: 1998-2005
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