Desktop Searching
A few weeks ago Google released a desktop search program that lets you search your harddrive for files, just like you would search the internet. Yahoo! released a similar client this week, and Microsoft not to be outdone has promised something similar.
Microsoft of course dropped the ball and failed to build a good search engine for harddrive data. In fact, from windows 2000 to Windows xp, the search feature actually was made worse. Sure, its more "user friendly" because of cute graphics, but its actually harder to search your data.
For instance, presently, we're trying to retrieve a file from a subfolder in our My Documents folder. We know what directly its in, but there are literally hundreds of files that we need to sort through. However, windows refuses to let us specify exactly which folder to look in. The best we can do is Search the entirety of My Documents.
So instead of being able narrow down our search, Windows needs to search through literally thousands of extra documents.
Dear Bill Gates,
Seriously, WTF?
Thanks
Meanwhile, google's search tool opens up computers to new forms of virus that with a clear map of your hard drive [like its internet search, google indexs all your files], virus writers will have easier access to your stuff. Amazing.
Microsoft of course dropped the ball and failed to build a good search engine for harddrive data. In fact, from windows 2000 to Windows xp, the search feature actually was made worse. Sure, its more "user friendly" because of cute graphics, but its actually harder to search your data.
For instance, presently, we're trying to retrieve a file from a subfolder in our My Documents folder. We know what directly its in, but there are literally hundreds of files that we need to sort through. However, windows refuses to let us specify exactly which folder to look in. The best we can do is Search the entirety of My Documents.
So instead of being able narrow down our search, Windows needs to search through literally thousands of extra documents.
Dear Bill Gates,
Seriously, WTF?
Thanks
Meanwhile, google's search tool opens up computers to new forms of virus that with a clear map of your hard drive [like its internet search, google indexs all your files], virus writers will have easier access to your stuff. Amazing.
Labels: Technology
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Oooh Oooh
I have Bill's e-mail address.
Pondering e-mailing link to this blog entry ...
What, you think you're special Sarah? I have his email address too. I mean, it's so simple. It's just bi**********CARRIER TERMINATED**********
...and for the conspiracy theorists out there:
If you use gmail and this new desktop search, there are now Google cookies with all of your email, a full map of your hard-drive and anything you use google.com to search the internet for.
THINK ABOUT IT, MAN!
I'm going through our archives, and I saw that you visited. Feel free to visit again. We love different opinions. Good luck with your stuff. Cheers.
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