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hot_pastrami · 10-20-2004, 12:08 PM

The desktop utility would be a pretty nifty tool if it wasn't so Microsofty. According to the info I've read, it indexes your Internet Explorer cache, but not other browsers, such as Mozilla. It indexes your Outlook e-mail, but not other mail clients. It indexes MS Word and MS Excel files, but not OpenOffice.org, WordPerfect, etc. And, it is Win32-only app. It might as well have been written by Microsoft. It strays from it's Microsoft focus in one area, though... it indexes AOL Instant Messanger logs, but not MSN (nor Yahoo, ICQ, etc).

Everything else gets indexed by filename only. The Microsoft stuff gets indexed by content.

It also has a big security concern in a multiple-user environment... the desktop utility has no respect for user account limitations, and any user on a computer can search the other users' files.

The GMail drive is kinda cool though... while 1GB doesn't seem like much for storage, and it's a bit slow, it is handy for sharing data between computers. If it weren't for my USB Thumbdrive, I'd probably use the GMail drive quite a bit.

Speaking of GMail, I have 6 GMail invites if anybody wants one.

10-20-2004, 12:08 PM	#9
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	The desktop utility would be a pretty nifty tool if it wasn't so Microsofty. According to the info I've read, it indexes your Internet Explorer cache, but not other browsers, such as Mozilla. It indexes your Outlook e-mail, but not other mail clients. It indexes MS Word and MS Excel files, but not OpenOffice.org, WordPerfect, etc. And, it is Win32-only app. It might as well have been written by Microsoft. It strays from it's Microsoft focus in one area, though... it indexes AOL Instant Messanger logs, but not MSN (nor Yahoo, ICQ, etc). Everything else gets indexed by filename only. The Microsoft stuff gets indexed by content. It also has a big security concern in a multiple-user environment... the desktop utility has no respect for user account limitations, and any user on a computer can search the other users' files. The GMail drive is kinda cool though... while 1GB doesn't seem like much for storage, and it's a bit slow, it is handy for sharing data between computers. If it weren't for my USB Thumbdrive, I'd probably use the GMail drive quite a bit. Speaking of GMail, I have 6 GMail invites if anybody wants one. __________________ Hot Pastrami! Last edited by hot_pastrami; 10-20-2004 at 12:09 PM. Reason: Fixed typo

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