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While reading a somewhat interesting post about how the Google Desktop Search works, I saw a very curt comment:

Why not replace Google Desktop with Intellij Omea

Why not? Well, Google Desktop search was from Google, and Omea was… not a word. What is this strange beast?

Omea is an extremely powerful yet simple to use Integrated Information Environment. With Omea, you can access, organize, and quickly search all your digital resources, including e-mails, syndicated Web feeds, instant messaging conversations, newsgroup articles, favorite web sites, personal contacts, and even locally stored files (.doc, .pdf, .txt, etc.), all in one easy to use composite interface that's well organized and efficient to navigate.

Sounds nice, but I've heard this all before. So I download it, and it impresses the hell out of me. As in, it's my new email client and RSS aggregator. It's fast. It's got a complex but usable interface. It synchronizes instantaneously with Outlook.

Let me be blunt: this software raises the bar for frassle. Try it! They also have a simpler RSS Reader and bookmark manager that anyone using an aggregator should try. Windows only.