Comments on: Google Takes “Desktop” Out of Beta

By: Fans of Tech » Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Engine Preview

Fans of Tech » Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Engine Preview — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:29:35 +0000

[...] Microsoft has released a preview of the engine behind the upcoming Windows Desktop Search 3.0. However, the update is intended for users of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft OneNote 2007. Existing users of Windows Desktop Search 2.0 should not upgrade unless you are using these applications. Still, it shouldn’t be too long before a beta for normal WDS users is released. Personally, I hope they’ll be adding more interactive options for the quick preview search window performed from the taskbar. An improvement in speed when it comes to search results couldn’t hurt either but WDS is still (approximately) one billion times faster than the search tool built into Windows. (Shudder.) WDS also continues to, in my opinion, provide better Windows/Office integration than even the latest desktop search offering from Google. [...]

By: Fans of Tech » Windows Desktop Search Rids Itself of the MSN Toolbar…finally.

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:46:11 +0000

[...] Well, Windows Desktop Search has finally come out of the MSN shadow. For months, you’ve been able to download a beta of the new search application from Microsoft but only if you downloaded the MSN Toolbar. While WDS is a fantastic product (I don’t use that word lightly, either) I absolutely hated the fact that I had to attach that God-forsaken toolbar to my computer just to get a decent, yet thorough, Outlook/Windows search on my PC. [...]

By: something

something — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:17:55 +0000

How does Yahoo!/X1 work with Outlook’s tasks and archived messages, I wonder?

By: envelope

envelope — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:38:22 +0000

Have a look at Yahoo’s desktop search. It’s based on X1 search, and is pretty amazingly powerful. It’s quite heavyweight, but the power of its searches is second to none I’ve seen.