Copernic Desktop 2
I have used (and have been a huge fan of and quasi-cheerleader for) Copernic Agent since it first came out in the late 90s. The Professional version should be in every information professional’s toolkit. Imagine my delight when Copernic’s desktop search tool came out in 2004 after suffering through years of terrible Microsoft file searching. Ugg. I now use Copernic Desktop multiple times per day to search my email, shared network drive, browser history and contacts. I haven’t used Microsoft’s search tool in almost two years except when searching for a specific filename. But that’s now going to change…
Copernic has just released version 2 of its desktop search tool and from initial observations, it’s an exceptionally strong improvement on an incredible tool.
New features in version 2 include:
- Search across all categories
- Spelling errors are corrected with a "Did you mean?" prompt
- Sorting options for search results are expanded and now include, for example, author for files, presumably pulled from file properties.
- "My Searches" allows for saving canned searches to be re-run in the future.
- The NEAR search operator is now supported
- More advanced search fields, the best among them being "File Name" (goodbye MS search)
- Wildcards are now supported
And best of all, the deskbar now provides direct access to your search results without having to open the full application. Brilliant!
Screenshots
Deskbar
All search
