Windows Desktop Search Review
If you want to find out more about latest Microsoft Desktop Search than you should read our Windows Desktop Search Review.
Sep 14, 2007 03:33 AM
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Similar to Google Desktop Search and proposed in bundle with the bar of tools MSN Search, Windows Desktop Search makes it possible to seek files or emails present on your computer in a wink after having indexed them. This process can be rather long but is carried out automatically when your computer is inactive. Once the indexing carried out, research is carried out very quickly since the bar of tools MSN integrated into Internet Explorer or since a field integrated into the bar of the tasks.
The software is integrated into Internet Explorer but contrary to the solution suggested by Google which preserves the “traditional” provision of the search engine, Windows Desktop Search proposes a specific interface in the line of Copernic Desktop Search without to reach the same richness: a panel posts the list of the results, the other the outline of the selected file.
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Options enable you to filter research on a type of document (music, images, emails etc…) or on a precise site. For certain types of files, short cuts towards other applications are proposed. The search for a file MP3 posts for example all the titles of the album of which it is extracted with a button from reading for each song. On the other hand, the tool of Copernic proposes fields of research personalized for each type of file (tags mp3, shipper or object of an email…) that miss with the call here.
The bar of tools MSN Search also adds navigation by tabs to Internet Explorer, for those which would like to profit from this functionality without passing through a competitor navigator as well as fast accesses to your Hotmail account, your space MSN Spaces or with MSN Messenger.
The real novelty of desktop search apps can be found in their interfaces. The central design problem in these programs isn't finding the best way to catalog your information, but finding out how to let you best traverse it. A quick comparison of the programs reviewed here shows that there's still a long way to go with this on interface design. There's no consensus on a best method; everything from web interfaces to Start menu toolbars are used. However, this indicates that these developers are open to experimentation. The battle for the desktop has barely begun, but no one is going to let it go without a fight. Let's see what they have to offer.
A tool for blocking of pop-ups is also of the part. Microsoft also proposes a version of Windows Desktop Search intended for the companies in particular centered on a fast deployment on several stations, a support of the multi-user environments. This version also makes it possible to add the Intranet of the company among the sources of the search engine or to integrate the results into other applications via API.
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