Windows Vista Search is Already Here in VistaGlance

Released on = October 1, 2006, 6:41 am

Press Release Author = QwertyStudios

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Instantly find necessary files on hard disk and CD/DVD/Flash
in one click

Press Release Body = For immediate release

September, 2006

Contact: Konstantin Artemev
Company: Qwerty Studios
E-mail: konstantin@vistaglance.com

Windows Vista Search is Already Here in VistaGlance

Qwerty Studios has released VistaGlance, a free program for instant name-based and
tag-based file search and access. VistaGlance adds into today's Windows the search
features which were announced to be added into Windows Vista at the end of this
year and are already known as Spotlight in MacOS X Tiger. Now Windows users will
gain instant access to files and programs by their names, attributes, and keywords
without ever having to think about their location.

At the first start VistaGlance quickly indexes your hard drive(s). After your drives
are indexed, you are ready to start searching for files. The search itself can be
performed with Deskbar (a VistaGlance panel with a search input box in the taskbar),
Explorer\'s toolbar (a VistaGlance panel with a search input box in Explorer\'s
toolbar) or Floating Bar (it can be opened with a hot key). Just input your query
and press Enter. You will receive the results immediately. With Deskbar you search
in all indexed folders and drives while with Explorer\'s toolbar you search only in
currently opened folder and its subfolders. After the search is completed the
Results window appears. From this window you can run found programs, open documents,
and perform a lot of other operations as well.

Suppose, you want to open some document. Of course, you know its name or at least a
part of its name, or something about its category or keywords. You simply type this
little piece of information you know about this file or program (it is seldom more
than several letters - and it takes less than a second to enter it) into a small
field in your taskbar or into Explorer's toolbar and press Enter. You may even not
have a slightest idea where this file is located. It is up to your computer to
figure it out. Less than in a second you get exactly what you were looking for. Even
if there are thousands of files with similar names, you will always find exactly
what you need.

The core parts of VistaGlance are the powerful file indexing engine and the
heuristic module based on fuzzy logic. Unlike other similar solutions, VistaGlance
indexes average-capacity hard disk in several minutes. It needs to index your hard
disk only once. After that, VistaGlance monitors and reflects all changes in your
file system instantly. File indexing engine also works with removable media like
USB-drives, CDs and DVDs, etc. The search itself commonly takes less then one second
even on a large hard disk. The main task of heuristic module is to select the most
appropriate files and take them at the top of the Results List. VistaGlance
calculates the overall relevance of each result depending on the string relevance,
date and time of last access, usage frequency of this very file and files of this
type, and many secondary parameters. Consequently, you will find the needed file
within first ten results in the most of queries.

Here are the main VistaGlance features:

. Quickly find the files you need as soon as you can think of their names or attributes
. Use Deskbar, Explorer's toolbar or Floating Bar query fields for fast access
. Receive any file you queried less than in a second after you hit Enter
. Quickly show and hide VistaGlance Deskbar with a single click on the system tray icon
. Search for all file types or pictures, videos, music and office documents only or
use custom filters
. Obtain file details, cut, copy, delete, drag&drop found files
. Add your own keywords to files using handy Explorer context menu extension

Here is what Alex Udodov, the leader of Qwerty Studios beta-testing group, says
about the program: "It is so natural to access files and programs by their names and
keywords without even thinking about their location. Present-day operating systems
make people ask "Where?" rather than "What?" when we want to open or run a
particular file. However, file system or Start menu is not like your street or home
town - there are much fewer reference points. One folder is very similar to other
folders; one submenu is like many other submenus. There are no differing details
that human's eye can catch and memory can keep. It is not surprising that even
people who have been working with a computer for many years can\'t remember, where
they\'ve placed the file they\'ve just downloaded or where they saved a very important
document yesterday or where some program is installed. Standard search techniques
can do nothing with it. They are annoyingly slow and just perform a silly search
while we need a clever tool to instantly access files we need. VistaGlance is the
kind of tool we need."

VistaGlance is available for Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003 free of charge.
VistaGlance Pro with additional features is also available for $29.95.
You can download the fully functional version of the program at
http://www.vistaglance.com/download.php?dfile

Web Site = http://www.VistaGlance.com/

Contact Details = Address: 28 Army Street, 16/1, app. 69, Astrakhan
Russian Federation

Phone Number: N/A
Email: manager@QwertyStudios.com

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