Existing users, 
FoxTrot Personal Search seemed worth trying. Last night, I downloaded and installed it. I told it to index my entire user folder, thinking it would be done by morning. When I checked this morning it had hung. The indexing process shows "4,496 files of 155,785 -- About 11 Days". It appears to be stuck. After looking for alternatives, I abandoned the indexing process and told FoxTrot to rebuild my index. It launched something called "FoxTrotRelaunch" and hung my system, pinning my CPU at 100%.
My personal opinion that if FoxTrot Personal Search were stable and cost from $19 to $24, it would probably do very well. Your experience may vary...
FoxTrot Personal Search
Advanced find-by-content for your personal data.
Version: 2.5.1
Doesn't work for me - Burbank
When I gave FoxTrot Personal Search a first look, I had some difficulty making it work properly. It crashed during the indexing phase. I posted my findings online here.I am delighted to report that the good people at CTM Development contacted me almost immediately. They were anxious to help turn my experience with FoxTrot into a positive one.
Since that time, CTM Development helped me understand that my problems were not with FoxTrot itself, but with the third party MDImporter file called "Ziplight.mdimporter". They have added a new feature to the program (in version 1.0.6) so that users can disable specific mdimporter files as needed.
My current impressions of FoxTrot are:
It is elegant, stable, fast, fun, and it keeps getting better. FoxTrot finds what I'm looking for VERY fast. I have turned SpotLight off and rely on FoxTrot for my searching needs.
I am extremely impressed with the people at CTM Development. They are responsive and clearly work hard to make their products better.
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Saturday, March 04 2006 @ 01:44 PM PST