rhymer
Jul 19, 2004, 11:40 AM
A small startup company has beaten Google and Microsoft and other front runners in the fight to bring to market an integrated approach to data finding both on the web and within ones own store [hard disc] of files.
At the moment I use Google for web searching and a programme called X1.exe which indexes every word in every file on my computer, to search for files or data in my own files.
The new software called Blinkx does both searches at the same time, so you can more easily see relationships between information on the web and information on your hard disc.
It also gives a visual links type of display.
I have tried it out, but it seems very slow at indexing my hard disc compared to X1.
It is in beta at the moment, so I presume it will improve.
At the moment it also seems to have indexed only about 10% of the web.
Guest
Jul 19, 2004, 02:06 PM
| QUOTE (rhymer @ Jul 19, 11:40 AM) |
At the moment I use Google for web searching and a programme called X1.exe which indexes every word in every file on my computer, to search for files or data in my own files.
I have tried it out, but it seems very slow at indexing my hard disc compared to X1.
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after reading your post, I installed and tried X1, but boy is it slow at indexing my comp! Also, X1 costs money ($100?) and tries to contact the X1 website every time you launch the program. There's a freeware program called Instant File Name Search, which indexes file names on your comp very fast. If you're content with almost instantly searching through file names on your comp, then this program's for you. It can be found at
http://www.sowsoft.com .
Guest
Jul 19, 2004, 02:11 PM
www.sowsoft.com doesn't seem to carry the freeware Instant File Name Search anymore. Try
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ifs.html instead.
rhymer
Jul 19, 2004, 02:45 PM
Instant file search only seems to index filenames!
X1 indexes every word within every file.
Yes it takes time the first time you run it [and wouldn't it, considering the number of words in the files you choose to index], but, thereafter it is quicker.
And, you can search on filename, type, content, etc., and it has a viewer for many file types.
If you know of a better such capability, I am truly interested.
All the best, Bill.