What could be more significant over the last 20 years than "search", and where does there exist a worst implementation of it in a major piece of software?
Everything really puts a spotlight on this with how simple and effective it is.
But not only is "bash" not the first result, it's not even the second, third, or fourth. Between the "Best match" of "Git Bash" and the actual "bash" command is 10 web search results that I have zero interest in and have never had an interest in.
I just don't get it. "bash" is an exact string match and always the result I choose. How is "Git Bash" still considered the "Best match"?
They have played us for fools.
ok ok, maybe it would slow things down to index shared drives? well how do you fuck up simple search on the LOCAL computer too???? I have to use powershell to do searching "gci -recurse" is built in alias for get-childitem. And it wasn't too many more lines of code to start searching the contents of word and excel files. (although this does take a lot longer, at least it works)
This is how WizTree works and why it's significantly faster than WinDirStat.
WinDirStat uses the system APIs to crawl the file system tree which results in lots of random reads and drive cache thrashing. WizTree directly reads and parses the file system data, making it an order of magnitude (Even 2+ orders of magnitude on magnetic drives!) faster. It also uncovers lots of hidden system files.
I asked Claude why Windows just can't match Everything, and this was what it spit out:
> Microsoft faces challenges in improving Windows Search to match Everything's performance:
> Backwards compatibility: They need to maintain compatibility with older Windows versions and existing features.
> Broader scope: Windows Search is designed to search not just filenames but also file contents, emails, and other data types, making it inherently more complex.
> System integration: Changing core Windows components can have wide-ranging effects on the operating system and third-party software.
I've said for a long time that Everything should be incorporated into core Windows, until then, at least it is available on Windows. Other OSes don't have an equivalent.
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