I still like X1 better
IMO, X1 beats Google desktop search in every regard but two: price and branding.
I like X1 better because:
– More parameters mean more flexible search
– X1 lets me tell it to update the index once a day rather than continuously; I don’t like giving up even my idle cycles.
– If I exit Google, it doesn’t pick up whatever came in while it’s off. That’s a bad design flaw
– X1 shows me many more results at a time than does Google
– X1 shows me the entire document, not just a sentence or so. I don’t have to open the originating app. I can even copy from the doc.
– X1 indexes more than just Microsoft products, including Netscape and Eudora (It temporarily has stopped indexing Thunderbird, but they’re working on it.)
– X1 has been incredibly responsive to suggestions and beefs over the past few years. We’ll see how Google does.
X1 is on sale for $75 (usually $100), which is infinitely more expensive than free. If I didn’t already own it, I might buy it for $75, but if I were X1 I’d drop the price to $49.00. Ah, free advice, what can’t it recommend?
Categories: Uncategorized dw
I’m with you, David, and appreciate the pointer eons ago… I bought a copy of X1 and swear by it.
Didn’t like X1 myself. Tried it several times and found it ate up too much CPU and hard disk space. I’m a fan of Copernic Desktop Search for full text search — hopefully it will do Eudora email soon.
You might try out the Copernic desktop – also free and very comparable to google’s. I haven’t bothered installing Google since this just sits there and works. (had tried X1, but didn’t like it well enough to purchase)
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/
I’m a fan of Copernic Desktop Search for full text search — hopefully it will do Eudora email soon.
六合彩
i really like x1 but the interface needs work and it is too performance hungry
I still like http://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/download.html
lookout best… as its free. $75 for a search engine is too much.
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