My Gradual Reconversion to MSN Desktop Search

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I've used a hundred thousand of these different desktop search tools. On the Mac, I was a huge fan of Sherlock... today, I think the best one is X1, because it prunes as you types, highlights terms and would not fall over when dealing with Outlook (namely, continually run into the "Outlook.PST is still in use" bug).

But I've switched back to MSN Desktop Search because it scales so well. X1 was starting to really suffer perf issues, and MSN Desktop Search just keeps chugging along. I really like the deskbar integration but it's still not perfect... not until you get prune as you type and highlighted terms is it going to be really great. As a reminder... here's what I want:

  • Search as I type with full previews (deskbar is nice, but not perfect)
  • Unlimited listing of all items I search for
  • Better and deeper previews of what I'm searching for ... render tough docs correctly
  • Highlight search terms

Many many thanks.