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How often do you use Sherlock?
1/1: How often do you use Sherlock?
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I use Google Movies
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I stopped using Sherlock when...
it ceased to be a decent meta-search engine. I'm reasonably certain that I'm not the only person in the world who believes that Google is not the be-all and end-all of search engines, and Sherlock, before it became a rehash of Watson, used to be a great way to search multiple engines simultaneously. It certainly was much easier than loading a dozen or more web search pages in a browser.
Hollywood.com
I'd like to use Sherlock but the closest theater to my home doesn't use Moviefone (which is where the movie channel in Sherlock gets content). So, I use hollywood.com
Marquee Widget
http://www.trinfinitysoftware.com/widgets.shtml
my.yahoo.com
I set up a custom my.yahoo.com page years ago when I first moved to the area and wanted to view my cable tv guide. I added the local movies listings to my page just because I could. I got used to using it and since I have not really moved out of the area, I kept using it. Sherlock was nice and I used it a few times in the beginning but eventually, I reverted back to my.yahoo.com. Mainly because I use XP, Linux and Mac so my.yahoo.com works regardless of what computer I am on. Funny thing is, I have Satellite now and don't use the cable listings so all I use that page for is movie listings!
Only of interest in U.S.
With all the channels available being very U.S.-centric, I don't think anybody outside the U.S. ever really cared about Sherlock.
Only of interest in U.S.
Never mind just Sherlock; Apple still hasn't released international versions of many Dashboard widgets! The phone book ones are completely useless outside the U.S., while the Ski Report only seems to work in the U.S. and Canada. Even the Dictionary is only available in American English.
Only of interest in U.S.
Indeed.
Only of interest in U.S.
... and one of these days I might just remember that GeekLog on this site doesn't talk bbCode.
didn't realise
I didn't even realise it was still installed in Tiger!
didn't realise
According to Wikipedia, it will be removed from 10.5 Leopard.
didn't realise
Since when is Wikipedia considered an "authoritative source" on anything? I don't doubt that Sherlock will be yanked out but quoting Wikipedia is like saying you heard it at the barber shop...just saying...
Wikipedia says ...
Yet another "Since when" criticism of a Wikipedia reference, sigh. Consider that solipsism only mentioned what (s)he discovered on Wikipedia about Sherlock, without any claim that it was authoritative information.
didn't realise
You should really do some research.... There was an article in the NY Times several months back that detailed the results of a study of wikipedia's accuracy.
The study found that in most cases it (wikipedia) was just as accurate, or even more accurate, than The Encyclopedia Brittanica. I beleiieve that it ended up that TEB had an error ratio of approximately 3 errors per 1000 facts, and wikipedia had approximately 4 errors per 1000 facts. The type of errors were different though. TEB's errors were mostly omissions (due to a longer publishing / editing cycle), while wikipedia's were typically opinions being listed as facts and defacements of paricularly contentious topics. So yes, wikipedia can be an authoritative source, you just need to be careful when using it as a source for certain topics. Here is a link to a slashdot post on the subject.
didn't realise
You should take your own advice. Britannica gave a very lengthy and in-depth response to the "study."
Vindigo & movies.com
I use Vindigo and moves.com.
Last opened says...
Last opened in Finder says 28/03/05, so it's over a year since I last opened that App - and it was most likely because I was asked to test it as part of my AppleSeed involvement...
Last opened says...
Or it was when you installed Tiger. Mine has a date around March too, which would have been around Tiger's official release. Does Finder have a "never opened?"
It always was broken outside the U.S.
Did Apple ever produce any non U.S channels? Here in the UK I stopped looking after a couple of years. There were a couple of nifty road traffic camera plug-ins from third parties, but that was about it.
used to be big movie and ebay resource
I used to use it much more frequently to look for movies but more recently have relied on MovieFone.com and Fandango.com for this. At one time, I was using Sherlock quite a bit to keep track of eBay auctions that I was watching.
google as usual
I recently started using a customized google homepage (very useful!) including a google movies module, which lists the top 3 results for my local theaters. The rest of the showtimes in my zip code are a quick link away.
Used to use it for movies, yellowpages, ebay, etc
Had a couple of other useful channels like applecare, but most of the channels stopped loading properly and w/ dashboard, it just sort of died off.
Rarely
I only use it for translating foreign text into something I can read.
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