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Product summary
The good: Integrates searches of your hard drive and the Web into one interface; includes a file viewer and RSS newsreader.
The bad: Quirky performance; weak help section.
The bottom line: Lycos's HotBot Desktop provides a glimpse of the future, combining desktop and Internet searches, but other apps actually deliver these features now.
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 10/11/2004
- Released on: 08/21/2003
Installing HotBot Desktop is easy: launch the 1.5MB setup file, and you're up and running in a couple of minutes. The HotBot Desktop toolbar is a marvel of space-saving efficiency, with easily identifiable buttons that provide fast access to popular tools including HotBot's search menu, newsreader, and pop-up blocker. A single search window allows both Web and local searches. How does HotBot Desktop know where to search? A drop-down menu to the right of the search window lists several options, including Search the Web, Search E-mail, Search Files, and so on.
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