Is Sherlock still relevant?
there was a day and time when sherlock was king of the searching roost. it used to be the main feature for a system update (OS 8.5). but now, with the advent of things like instant google searches in safari, or utilties like ambrosia's iseek or watson or the free/donationware search & launch utility "another launcher," it feels like the "search utilty" market is getting incredibly crowded.
my question: is sherlock still relevant?
i mean, i can't recall the last time i cracked it open to look for anything. usually, it's google or other bookmarked websites that get my searches. and i haven't heard any changes in sherlock from reports re: panther.
any thoughts on this, folks?
my question: is sherlock still relevant?
i mean, i can't recall the last time i cracked it open to look for anything. usually, it's google or other bookmarked websites that get my searches. and i haven't heard any changes in sherlock from reports re: panther.
any thoughts on this, folks?
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anyway, the thought just crossed my mind as i recall that sherlock's icon is ALWAYS in the dock after a fresh mac os x install... and i promptly "poof" it away.
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#dictionary
Basically, Sherlock never has been good, it isn't good now, and it will never be good. Apple needs to do a quiet mercy killing, but unfortunately Sherlock is also part of 10.3 so I guess they'll have to keep working on it.
Originally posted by Luca Rescigno
Sherlock has sucked since it first came out. Sherlock 1 in OS 8 wasn't that intrusive, just a discreet "internet search" tab when you clicked command-F. Sherlock 2 in OS 9 sucked big time. What a piece of crap! Slow and it even had ads built into it! I actually transferred the Sherlock 1 application from an OS 8 computer to my OS 9 computer and trashed Sherlock 2. Sherlock in OS X 10.0 and 10.1 was basically the same as in OS 9, and with 10.2 Sherlock has gotten a new use but it's still crappy and slow.
Basically, Sherlock never has been good, it isn't good now, and it will never be good. Apple needs to do a quiet mercy killing, but unfortunately Sherlock is also part of 10.3 so I guess they'll have to keep working on it.
At least they killed the find file part of it and made it a part of the Finder.