Alas, Microsoft bought the company and killed the product. Windows Live Search (aka Windows Desktop Search) is what I use now, though I fear it has deep bugs that might be killing XP. Of course I have a completely plausible paranoid fear that every new Microsoft product and patch is designed to covertly degrade Windows XP (the noble Windows Live Writer team doesn't know about the changes being made to their code after check-in).
Microsoft wrote the encyclopedia on killing rival products by creating subtle and gross incompatibilities, and Microsoft's most hated enemy these days is Windows XP. The Dark Arts are never truly forgotten.
But I digress.
Joel Spolsky tells us that the original developer is finding ways to extend Lookout's lifespan:
Getting Lookout to run on Outlook 2007 again - Joel on Software: "...the original author of Lookout, Mike Belshe, had just posted instructions for getting Lookout to work on Outlook 2007."Incidentally, Belshe has a blog. Today's post has him praising Windows Live Writer and cursing Microsoft's web sites. I love reading people who agree with me, so I'll add his blog to my feedlist.
Lookout can run on Outlook 2007, but its very annoying and I ask myself if it makes sense to work with a tool, wich will not be developed further...Everything develops, Outlook, Microsoft etc. but Lookout don´t!So I work with another tool now, which is developed and supported, fast and reliable like Lookout...Lookeen!For me its the follower of Lookout!
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