Re: Cool Spotlight "feature"...


"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:alangbaker-015AFF.23173729032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
In article <658pdtF2efv5mU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Patrick Nihill" <pa_nihill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-BF459E.23035129032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article <1b2dnQ2dAd-HjXLanZ2dnUVZ_tWtnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Patrick Nihill" <pa_nihill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:658gbeF2ejar4U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> > "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:alangbaker-BE1AA9.20355329032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
>> >> In article <VfCdnfCyQK4RmnLanZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> >> "Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >>> news:alangbaker-E6ABBE.18140929032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
>> >>> > ...well, it's not actually a separate feature; just an aspect of
>> >>> > Spotlight that isn't immediately obvious.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Spotlight indexes cached webpages, so that you can search for >> >>> > not
>> >>> > only
>> >>> > the words in the URL of a page you've previously browsed (i.e. >> >>> > with
>> >>> > Spotlight indexing the browser history), but also for the
>> >>> > *contents*
>> >>> > of
>> >>> > that page.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So say you've been doing some research on cell biology and you
>> >>> > can't
>> >>> > remember the name of the person who coined the term "cell" for >> >>> > this
>> >>> > usage (Robert Hooke, BTW), but you remember you'd visited a web
>> >>> > page
>> >>> > at
>> >>> > some point that talked about him having coined the term.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > What do you do? If you don't happen to recognize the name or URL >> >>> > of
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > page, then picking it out of your browser's history list is >> >>> > going
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > be
>> >>> > tricky.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Well if you have a Mac with Spotlight, type "coined cell" into >> >>> > the
>> >>> > Spotlight search box and you'll get a link to the page.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Would anyone care to share how you get the same result in >> >>> > Windows?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure, no problem. Click the Star icon in IE. In the History >> >>> drop
>> >>> down
>> >>> arrow, pick "Search History." Type in whatever word or phrase >> >>> you
>> >>> want
>> >>> to
>> >>> search for to get a list of Web sites you visited that have that >> >>> word
>> >>> or
>> >>> phrase.
>> >>
>> >> Really?
>> >>
>> >> Of the content of the page, or just in the URL and title?
>> >
>> > Yes, it's of the content of the page. It works fine.
>> >
>> > After a little playing around with settings, I can't get Vista >> > search
>> > to
>> > index the web cache folder though - still keeps having the attribute
>> > that
>> > marks the content as non-indexable set automatically even after I >> > turn
>> > it
>> > off. So you have to do the search from within IE, I reckon.
>>
>> This is just like when Alan mistakenly assumed there was no easy way >> for
>> Windows to switch between Japanese fonts.
>
> You guys need to get your stories straight....

"You guys"? Are you lumping me in with Edwin? Why?

Sorry, Patrick. That was unfair of me. I apologize.

No apology necessary, but thanks.

.

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