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FileLocator is missing a very important feature
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Posted by 22111
Oct 25, 2013 at 07:26 PM
Kudos for the marketing speak:
“Version 7 introduces a new DOCUMENT CACHING functionality that allows FileLocator Pro to store converted text in a caching database for use in subsequent searches. This worked so well for one our beta testers, where search times over 26,000 PDFs went from over 5 minutes down to just 10 seconds, that they were able to use CACHED SEARCHES instead of going with an indexed search solution (avoiding with all the headaches associated with indexing).”
So what is it, cached documents, or cached searches? WHAT is cached here? And are we speaking gigabytes of cached material? Where’s the advantage over indexes if we cache gigabytes of data? And what about continuing to work on those original files: Is the cache updated again and again then? So much for “all the headaches associated with indexing” - why introduce those to FL, too? As said, search in search results is a very simple and easy solution, without headaches.
Another tool for the waste bin.
Posted by Gorski
Oct 26, 2013 at 12:53 PM
I wouldn’t use MasterSeeker for this reason alone:
Posted by Cassius
Oct 27, 2013 at 05:24 AM
Mark wrote:
I wouldn’t use MasterSeeker for this reason alone:
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>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151618684629185&set=a.10151349444109185.494401.254628319184&type=1&theater
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My hard drive has over 100GB of files that MasterSeeker took 38 seconds to cache. Thereafter, file/folder searches were INSTANTANEOUS.
Posted by Carrot
Oct 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Is that really the Facebook page for MasterSeeker?
If so, its extremely inappropriate and offensive.
I will do my best to spread the word to boycott this software on that basis alone.
Posted by Cassius
Oct 28, 2013 at 03:05 PM
Carrot wrote:
Is that really the Facebook page for MasterSeeker?
>If so, its extremely inappropriate and offensive.
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>I will do my best to spread the word to boycott this software on that
>basis alone.
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Irrespective of the Facebook page,...
So don’t use it Carrot. It’s your loss.