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MacOS and Windows got built in search around 15 years ago. Anything more advanced would be very niche, so there's probably no market left.
by em500 4y ago
MacOS and Windows got built in search around 15 years ago. Anything more advanced would be very niche, so there's probably no market left.
- PaulHoule 4y agoWindows search only finds things sporadically though. I turned off search indexing on my Mac because otherwise I'd have to go out for coffee when I open any application.
- Someone 4y agoMore like 25 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_8 had it in 1998 (possibly earlier. It isn’t clear to me whether Sherlock became PowerPC native in 8.5 or was new and PowerPC native in 8.5), Windows NT in 1996/2000 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/windows-search-platform/the-evolution-of-windows-search/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/windows-search-platform/the-e...)