sprignaturemoves

Yeah, well that was fun while it lasted.  I’m back to using Google Desktop.

What I liked about the indexing flexibility of Locate32 is now out the window.  The path to get to what I need to get to is just not easy enough.  I’m used to using Launchy.  I can’t start Locate32 with Launchy and search for a Word Document that contains the phrase “whee” without clicking.

I also thought Xobni might be nice for searching Outlook e-mail.  It’s fine, but it’s, I don’t know….too much.  The contact analytics is cool, but I don’t need it.  I know who I e-mail the most, etc.

I’m tired of not being able to control how and when Google Desktop indexes files.

I’m switching over to Locate32.

First, it seems faster — both in searching and indexing.

Second, the results aren’t in the browser.  I don’t like results in the browser.

OK, that’s all good.  However, one thing I will miss about GDS is the indexing of Outlook e-mail.  I’m willing to try a third-party add-on for that.

Enter Xobni.

I’ll let you know what that’s like after I’ve used it for a while.  It’s currently indexing the 500 MB of Outlook e-mail that’s been archived for 12 years.