On 28 January 2013 13:03, Don Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > I admit it, I'm lazy. I love the entire bookshelf search feature. However, > more and more books are available only in PDF format. I'm unhappy (stronger > words would need to censored) that I cannot search an entire extended > bookshelf on my on PC. Several years ago, I complained to IBM about the > lack of a extended bookshelf search and that more and more books where > available only in PDF format. I was told that IBM was working on a solution > to that (Product Information Centers). And I have a feeling that IBM is > considering making manuals available only via that venue. That way IBM > could monitor what you read and provide you customized information (i.e. > ads).
There was another great tool for searching: Google Desktop. It happily indexes PDFs and many other file types on a desktop machine, and responds quickly, online or off. (It runs a tiny web server right on your machine.) Much to my amazement, when I installed Windows 7 a year or so ago, Google Desktop was gone - discontinued because "modern desktop operating systems already have search built in". Sure - ever tried to get Windows search to find anything with even slightly subtle search arguments? The funny part is that Google Desktop still works just fine if it's already installed, and you can even install it on a new system, but there's no more Google support. And of course who knows what security holes there may be... Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
