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HistoryHound

HistoryHound - 1.9.5d6

search web browser history/bookmark content

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.9.5d6
Release Date: 2008-06-20
License: Beta
Downloads (this version): 1,053
Downloads (all versions): 12,256
Price: $19.95

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Product Description:

Have you ever tried to find something in your browser history or bookmarks, but couldn't quite remember when or where you saw it? Or perhaps you've got your bookmarks meticulously organized, but it takes forever to mouse through the menus to get to something you want? HistoryHound will chase down the page for you - fast!

HistoryHound lets you quickly search for keywords in the entire content of all web pages and RSS feeds you've visited recently, plus all those that you've bookmarked. It's a "personal web search." Instead of hunting through endless lists of obscure URLs and page titles, just type in a few words that appear anywhere on the page. HistoryHound will give you a list of matches, ranked by relevance.

HistoryHound currently supports Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Camino, Mozilla / Netscape, OmniWeb, Opera, Shiira, NetNewsWire 2, PulpFiction and URL Manager Pro.

What's new in this version:

  • Added support for searching Firefox 3 history and bookmarks.

Changes since version 1.9.2:

  • Fixed a crash that would occur if HistoryHound tried to cancel indexing and a download timed out.
  • Added a "restore defaults" button to reinstall the default URL filters in the advanced prefs.
  • Resolved the random disappearance of the URL filter list in the prefs.
  • Added iCab 4 History to the standard list of search items.
  • HistoryHound now uses the asynchronous search API that is available in Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5. Searches are much faster! Please drop us a line and let us know your impressions of the performance on your machine..
  • You can constrain your searches by date. Click on "Optons" in the toolbar to open the drawer and see these new choices.
  • Control-clicking on a result in the search window pops up a contextual menu with commands to go to that URL in your browser, remove that URL from your search index, and create a new filter.
  • Threading problems that caused HistoryHound to generate tons of errors to the Console have been fixed.
  • HistoryHound no longer crashes when you click the "Customize" button in the toolbar when running on Leopard.

Please note that this is a pre-release version and may contain bugs and incomplete features. For the last fully-released version, please go to http://www.stclairsoft.com/HistoryHound/.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
  • Leopard Compatible

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HistoryHound ReviewAwesome Application! - Version: 1.9.5d4, 6/8/2008 05:14AM PST

donperreault
I have been using HistoryHound for years, it has worked flawlessly. I have tried HH's competition BrowseBack but it doesn't compare.

So many times I need something and remember that I saw it on the web but of course I can't remember where. So, I jump to HH, enter a word or phrase and HH quickly gives me a list of all the sites that contain the word or phrase according to relevance. HH has saved me many hours searching for old sites I need to visit again.

The developer (St. Clair Software) of HH is awesome, they have great customer support. If you can't find an answer to your question in the forums, he usually answers you within an hour.

Love the company & the products.
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HistoryHound ReviewTop ten list! - Version: 1.9.2, 1/13/2008 06:06PM PST

stormjenkins--2008
Yes the indexing could be more customizable. Aside from that it seems that the simplest applications are often the most useful. I have thousands of web sites bookmarked and until this app, I had no way of finding anything without tons of guesswork and a lot of wasted time. History Hound is one terrific piece of software and the price was certainly reasonable. It is definitely one of the first applications that I'll reinstall every time I reformat a drive. Aside from paying for it, this is one of those applications where you should email the author and simply say "Thanks!"
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HistoryHound ReviewBit the bullet and paid the $20. - Version: 1.9.2, 8/21/2006 10:41AM PST

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sidetracked
It was a close call. The couple of times I needed it, it did save me some time and effort, but I found I didn't call on it all that often.

Also, the search process was still a little slow, at least on my computer. In the time History Hound took sorting through all my pages, I could be halfway through a new google search.

But there were those couple of times, on a subject I had been researching over time, that it was a great help getting back to the pages I needed.
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