IRRADIATED SOFTWARE  I really enjoy having History Hound at hand. I end up using it a dozen times a week just to find some page I hit but didn't bookmark. The tool integrates so well with my workflow that I don't even think about it until right when I need it, which is perfect.

With the flexible indexing I have History Hound can search archives of NetNewsWire, and even your own webpages, etc (if you're a web developer, this can be nice for finding a snippet you put into a site, etc).  
(Version 1.9.6)

TAIPAN2008  this software is great. it does what it says flawlessy. many times I recovered important information grace to HistoryHound  
(Version 1.9.6)

GLOBETROTTERDK  Does anyone know how to check the CPU usage of this app? I have the feeling I am taking a CPU hit, but I can't figure out if it is because of HistoryHound or because of Time Machine indexing HistoryHound.  
(Version 1.9.6)

THEBOOKPROWLER  How does this compare to Google Desktop, which also does text/contextual searches?  
(Version 1.9.6)

ETOTHEPIEQUALSMINUSONE  HistoryHound doesn't work with NetShade Proxy (paid version). All pages fail to be index due to a "connection error." This is almost certainly a compliance problem with HistoryHound, and not a problem with the NetShade Proxy. All standards-complaint, internet-accessing applications I use work fine with NetShade.

After turning the proxy off, HistoryHound does work. It is a very nice app. I hope they fix this soon (and not in a paid upgrade)!

Now that I have experience with the error log. It would be nice to have check boxes (or other options) on the error-log page to re-attempt to index unreachable pages. As it works now, it seems you have to re-index the whole shebang to pick-up connection-errors.  
(Version 1.9.5)

DONPERREAULT  I have been using HistoryHound for years, it has worked flawlessly. I have tried HH's competition BrowseBack but it doesn't compare.

So many times I need something and remember that I saw it on the web but of course I can't remember where. So, I jump to HH, enter a word or phrase and HH quickly gives me a list of all the sites that contain the word or phrase according to relevance. HH has saved me many hours searching for old sites I need to visit again.

The developer (St. Clair Software) of HH is awesome, they have great customer support. If you can't find an answer to your question in the forums, he usually answers you within an hour.

Love the company & the products.  
(Version 1.9.5d4)

CHRIS WALKEN  Is this app feature-complete or is there a new version anywhere on the horizon?   
(Version 1.9.2)

ST. CLAIR SOFTWARE  As the review two entries below yours points out, you're comparing apples and oranges. Safari does a simple "Find" by matching text in the URLs and titles of pages in your bookmarks and/or history. HistoryHound actually searches ALL OF THE TEXT in the pages in your bookmarks and history. Think of a word you saw in a particular news article that you read a week ago - not in the title, but actually in the article. Now try to find that page in your history. That's what HistoryHound does :-)

- Jon  
(Version 1.9.2)

FELIX01  Isn't it about as easy, and a lot cheaper, to click on the Safari open book icon (which opens up all your bookmarks, history, RSS feeds, etc.) and type Command-F which opens up the Find box? Type in your keyword, click "Next" and it'll systematically find everything with the keyword.  
(Version 1.9.2)

SIDETRACKED  Bit the bullet and paid the $20.

It was a close call. The couple of times I needed it, it did save me some time and effort, but I found I didn't call on it all that often.

Also, the search process was still a little slow, at least on my computer. In the time History Hound took sorting through all my pages, I could be halfway through a new google search.

But there were those couple of times, on a subject I had been researching over time, that it was a great help getting back to the pages I needed.  
(Version 1.9.2)