Tuesday, December 29, 2009

HoudahSpot fixes Spotlight -- for a steep price

HoudahSpot is, like the now defunct MoRU/FileSpot, a tool for extending Spotlight.

At $30 it's not cheap, most apps of this sort go for $10 to $20. On the other hand, it's not like there's much competition, and it's not like Spotlight is getting much better.

It's crazy, for example, that Spotlight doesn't have a "path" column (folder names). HoudahSpot does. HoudahSpot also plays nice with LaunchBar and PathFinder. On the other hand, HoudahSpot's Help file is pretty crummy.

I've started a two week trial. I'll update this post if I buy the app.

2 comments:

  1. Hi!

    Thank you for taking interest in HoudahSpot.

    Your feedback is very welcome. Which areas of the Help book do you think need improvement?

    Best,
    Pierre Bernard
    Houdah Software s.à r.l.

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  2. I tried search on how to configure HoudahSpot for a remote share -- a very nice function but I couldn't find any Help information on it.

    I was able to figure it out on my own.

    There were some other missing items but that's the one that comes to mind. I'll take a look at the Help as I use it more.

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