Desktop Search the most important app on any Computer

This Desktop Search, is the most important program on any computer.



Monday December 26, 2005

(Net Search is broke - Random is the fix)

Net and Desktop Search are from opposite ends, of the search spectrum.

Their PR / propaganda on the Web looks impressive.
Lots of Search Engine sites and blogs, are the work of paid hacks or staff stooges.
They make finding honest search news and reviews, difficult.

The Big Feature (RANDOM)
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This app can select a random video file. (2 external drives with 500+ videos)
Then select a random start point.
Then play a short segment in Slow-Motion.
Then freeze on the final frame for a few more seconds.
Then another and another....

It can do something, almost as interesting, with text.
It can pick a random start point in any text file
It can then display from that point on, in Large text, with
a pause behind each character printed and each line end.
(create your own scrolling text screen of local legends etc)

Random takes out the monotony and exposes you to your digital info.

Personal search -vs- Internet search
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Internet search finds ranked results, ie those who tech or pay their way to the top.
Net Search relevancy, is declining fast because of PPC and keyword tricks.
(How about random results, with anything but the top 50)

People primarily use Internet search, to find information that is new to them.

With Personal search, users seldom, want to find information that is not theirs.
Why rummage around on C drive or Net, presenting readme.txt, advertisements
and a slew of other irrelevant information.

They are re-indexing all the time. This one does not. It is a "Search" Engine.
Ready to go immediately.

No background processes. This app will never snoop, tattle or spam.

With personal search, I want every occurrence. And I want it in the same order.
(I occasionally, run a differences between the two sets of search results)

They brag a lot, about how fast they return results. The Internet is quite slow
and they count the hits not shown on the screen. "Displaying 1-8 of 2,345 results"
Dumb to count, let alone search for something that is not likely to be displayed.
On a human scale, anything less than 10 seconds is fine.

This search, searches at 20 Million characters per seconds and will just get faster
as the processor speeds increase.

Net search companies, have to focus on security because of all the hacking.
Restricted access, frustrates searchers, to the point, they quit using it.

On my production machine, I do not want any internet connections.
If you are on the net, you can be hacked.
No firewalls, no popup blockers, no indexers and the resultant slowdown.
I want a search, that also works, in this secure, high speed, environment.
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For the average user.
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Why would anyone want to store anything other than plain text and screen captures.
People seldom run a report more than once. Do a screen capture and keep that.
Same with word processors and other obscure formats. Do a screen capture or
video those screens, along with a cut and paste of the text, then ditch them.
Needing the originating software, to see these oddballs files, is a real pain.

Systems that handle every format, are prone to failure and eventual loss of data.

Great for Backup / Recovery
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I just recently reloaded windows(1), My stuff(2) [search and backup of jpgs
and txt]. My video camera software(3), loaded the internet software(4)
and change a few net settings(5).
That was it, I had my original system back.(Virus free to boot)
(I keep detailed notes along with a few screen captures, of these recovery steps)
For my bookmarks - favorites, I have screen captures and save their homepage text.

There is no reason to pirate or master, all kinds of software.
You only need this 1 program.

With this tool, people can manage any number of multimedia files.
So they can just shoot, video, download, screen capture and cut & paste
to their hearts content.

Start and stop anywhere in a MPEG clip. (non linear editing)
No mess, with video snippets everywhere. Just the originals.
Be out capturing great action, while others are busy editing.
(no editing software required)

Skip ads, confidential, offensive or explicit material, by playing up to the segment,
then starting up again after it. (Video the playback, to eliminate completely)

Desktop Search is a must, for the Video data deluge.
DVD storage is inexpensive, less than 5 Cents a Gig.
Put a copy of the Search on each DVD video backup and view on any PC.
(When data is portable, it becomes yours.)

Instead of those tiny, picture thumbnails for video.
Play the first 5 seconds, from each of your video files.
(way way more informative than those blurry first frames)

For those Burst-of-Still pictures, that digital cameras do.
Set the display time to 1/10 second, for play back. See them, like you shoot them.
(Displays 700+ oldie black & white photos in 35 seconds, full speed - full screen)

This program, starts searching immediately (Instant Search)
It had to be extremely fast, to run background copies of itself.

The emerging Big Feature (BACKGROUND)
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Background, opens the Search for use, by Geeks, Developers and serious Searchers.
-Do background data extracts, or a random multimedia display sequence.
-Build skins, to pretty it up.
-Create feeder apps, e-mail extractors.
-Do everything from StoryBoarding to a Data Mining.
-Run periodic complex batch jobs.
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Video changes everything, this app makes it manageable.

Make your own interactive training videos on DVD.
Do navigable, video road tours, of your local area, on DVD.
Never scan stuff in, video is much much quicker.
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Text Search
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Results are hilited in context or matching lines display, with no prompt box
covering the results.

some text options:
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add notes at the end of a text file (with or without date stamp)
view last page of notes file (Start, view, then back to desktop, in just over 2 secs)
append clipboard text to file (when cutting and pasting from net)
merge all text files in a directory or drive (then search that file for matches)
continuous Large font scrolling text display. (from your jokes and stories text file)
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Finally.
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As with any info worth keeping, you want to review and enjoy it periodically.
In random mode, the program will show you; all your video, music, pics and text.
And never get repetitious.

If Desktop Search can not do Random, Slow-Motion, Freeze-Frame and Thumbnails.
What good is it?

Data, without great access, is just used storage.
Nothing is found, until somebody views it.

Time for a Search Engine Show Down.
One on one or en masse, they will not stand a chance.
Bring em on.

Merry Christmas and Happy Searching

Doug Pederson
Box 44
Whitecourt, Alberta
Canada T7S 1N3

780-778-3051

P.S. If you have any questions about the search capabilities
I can respond with a video demonstration within a day.



*** Video demos at www.jusspress.com/jusjus/ ***
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http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/
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(Here to *download* -Spectate Swamp Search- (461KB exe))
(see details, on some of the more interesting and useful options)
(Rare White Crow video and more)
Be anywhere and have this powerful Search. Just grab a copy.

This Visual Basic program, has evolved over the past 6 years from
a text Search Engine and Picture Archive, to include Video capabilities.