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    Yahoo's Desktop Search?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Shel, Sep 17, 2006.

  1. Shel

    Shel Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone using this?

    Do you find it beneficial? I'd like some feedback before I go and install it.

    Thanks!
     
    Shel, Sep 17, 2006
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  2. Malia

    Malia Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I've never used Yahoo but I used Google Desktop Search at work. It was useful. It's pretty cool that it searches the cache so if you need to get back to a site you found earlier but you don't remember what it was, you don't have to go crazy trying to remember what you searched for, as long as you remember something about the webpage. I never need to search for stuff on my home computer though, or to get back to pages the addresses of which I don't remember, so no use for it here.

    Malia
     
    Malia, Sep 17, 2006
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  3. Sykotic

    Sykotic Notebook Evangelist

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    I wouldnt use it. Its junkware. I would rather use a link to yahoo.com use the search option from there. The yahoo! search tool and its software is a pain to remove once installed.
     
    Sykotic, Sep 17, 2006
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