How to Quickly Find Emails or Files that You Really Need, When They Appear Lost?
I am sure all of you are all familiar with the situation… You have lost an email or file, and you just can’t find it. Where the heck is it?
You’re in a need of a proper Desktop or Outlook search. The Mac has Spotlight search built right in, but how about Windows?
Unfortunately, the search function in Windows Outlook has been crippled since many versions back. It really amazes me how slow and clumsy it is, causing extra jamming and frustration in moments when you just would like to find something fast.
Trying to find files in Windows is a different story. There exists some kind of a desktop search function built in Windows, but it doesn’t come even close to the built in Spotlight feature, offered by Macs. I am not interested to look at a dog animation, when I want to have lightning-fast search results.
So, Windows still isn’t strong in search, and there exists a gap to be filled by third party search utilities. Someday, this will most probably change, but this is the situation now. Outlook 2010 definitely shows improvement. However, it still doesn’t quite make it.
Google filled the gap for a while by offering their version of a desktop search for Windows. Unfortunately, this product has been discontinued. Secondly, and this is my opinion, I never liked the interface offered by Google.
We will now take a look at three currently available desktop/Outlook search solutions: Lokeen, X1, and Copernic. Click to continue…