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david787

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Will indexing be implemented?
« on: April 11, 2018, 03:41 PM »
Is indexing of files and folders planned as future feature?

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2018, 10:04 PM »
+1  :)

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2018, 06:30 AM »
Indexing is planned -- as an option (it will never be a mandatory part of FARR, as many people like FARR specifically because it does not used indexed search).  I just have to get off my ass and interface to an existing indexing engine.

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2018, 06:06 AM »
Indexing will be important feature, because FARR is still slow when it have to search among thousands of files and folders. 

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2018, 03:30 PM »
Indexing will be important feature, because FARR is still slow when it have to search among thousands of files and folders. 

I guess it really depends on use case.  I only use FARR to search my links, i.e. my start menu and my true launch bar.  So definitely make it optional, as indexing a small set would be a waste.

Filipe Meira Castro

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2018, 09:38 PM »
Index  :Thmbsup:  :Thmbsup:  :Thmbsup:

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Re: Will indexing be implemented?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2020, 08:00 PM »
+1 lack of indexing prevents me from being able to use FARR as I need to keep drives that should stay a sleep 90+% of the time in the list, but I only need to find results from them a couple times a week.

Without indexing FARR needlessly wakes up my sleeping drives with every search.

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