The beauty of google desktop

Post #348,834 by beepster 10/8/11 4:36:07 PM Reply	The beauty of google desktop is how it searches Outlook. It is an irreplaceable tool. Searches all folders, even private ones. There is no other tool that does this that I am aware of. I don't have the option of Linux at work. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #348,835 by pwhysall 10/8/11 4:38:11 PM Reply	Vista and 7 search into Outlook. I live and die by this at work.
Post #348,836 by folkert 10/8/11 4:47:28 PM Reply	This is why we have Google Mail for work... Everything is cataloged and searchable.
Post #348,837 by pwhysall 10/8/11 4:48:37 PM Reply	Re: This is why we have Google Mail for work... Well, your email is. Your documents, not so much.
Post #348,838 by folkert 10/8/11 5:30:57 PM Reply	Re: This is why we have Google Mail for work... And Google Apps. I can search for anything in my docs and mail. No need for a desktop search.
Post #348,847 by boxley 10/8/11 8:22:26 PM Reply	same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #348,854 by folkert 10/8/11 8:58:15 PM Reply	Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat The interface is really awesome. You must be set in your way. It just plain works. 25G of storage now. Awesome.
Post #348,857 by beepster 10/8/11 9:14:28 PM Reply	Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat regardless of the interface to the cloud, I have 6T of local storage...moving that will be a tad prohibitive. Google's reasoning may be on target for some users, but not all. I'm not going wholesale to the cloud any time soon. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #348,860 by crazy 10/8/11 9:26:44 PM Reply	Isn't 90% of that music? As wonderful (really, supporting you here) as Google desktop is/was, you aren't searching within songs, right? Or does it do that too?
Post #348,865 by beepster 10/8/11 11:04:02 PM Reply	Re: Isn't 90% of that music? Audio, video, photographs, all email since migrating to outlook (work and personal), about 15 yrs of work files...from size perspective is the music and the movies...by file count its probably the work related files. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #348,866 by pwhysall 10/9/11 12:12:54 AM Reply	Re: Isn't 90% of that music? I have 6G of work email, and that's just the stuff that's on my PC. There's probably another 100G on the Exchange server in the shared folders. If Google Apps fits, then that's cool, but it's woefully inadequate for any kind of serious document or spreadsheet work. And, of course, doesn't support things like DWG at all (we do a fair amount of CAD work).
Post #348,870 by crazy 10/9/11 7:48:31 AM Reply	That's why there are document management systems like Docushare (that's a cheap one) http://docushare.xerox.com/. Not saying you need it, but eons ago most companies I worked for prohibited large Exchange file shares and forced us to use the DMS for any significant "work in progress" and then "historical" docs. Something tells me others simply kept their stuff in email.
Post #348,871 by static 10/9/11 7:54:06 AM Reply	Makes you wonder about the Exchange programmers. I remember various versions of Exchange over the years with limits of storage that were a bit too easy for even moderate sized companies to hit, requiring multiple servers and all the pain that goes with that. IMAP on Maildir scales far easier, though you lose other features. Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
Post #348,869 by crazy 10/9/11 7:44:44 AM Reply	Is it beneficial to split it? I have X amount of what I'd consider entertainment bytes. These are never changed, and rarely accessed, and never for work. I could make a couple of copies on a couple of disks and feel safe. Then I've got Y amount of work/education/social sharing/want always available bytes. In my case, those bytes are only around 20GB. Cloudable. By I can see others who need to track through many generations of emailed back and forth documents, including attached powerpoint and other stuff. That grows huge. So, #1, can you split it, and #2, will it still be too big (or poorly searched), or sensitive (yeah, most people forget sensitive should not go on the cloud), which means it still doesn't matter and doesn't work for you anyway.
Post #348,879 by boxley 10/9/11 2:22:30 PM Reply	Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat the blue light blue and light purple makes it difficult for my eyes to differentiate Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #348,880 by Another Scott 10/9/11 2:49:11 PM Reply	Settings -> Themes -> Candy. HTH! ;-)
Post #348,890 by boxley 10/9/11 8:12:34 PM Reply	Re: Settings -> Themes -> Desktop, thank you! Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep

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