STEVEW  Oops - posted a comment vs review...

5 stars!  
(Version 1.5.2)

STEVEW  The video format/software/conversion world is a mess so I understand why the developer is dropping out but having just now (7/7/09) found iSquint I must say I'm sorry to see them go.

I had a video that nothing else (Flip4Mac, Handbrake, VLC etc) could handle but just for kicks I gave iSquint a try and - poof - instant perfect MP4 video. No settings - just drag and drop. Excellent!

Download this while you can!

Thanks for all your hard work and best wishes.  
(Version 1.5.2)

STEVEW  You're quite welcome.

This solution works but it appears I overlooked the ability to delete directly from the app. Drag and drop a file from the results will move it - and not just to the trash.

TEMPEL pointed out to me that dropping onto the trash dock icon without waiting for the trash folder to open doesn't work correctly now and he's going to release a fix soon.  
(Version 1.0.1)

STEVEW  Overall this is a useful app as it does a file system search independent of Spotlight. It works as stated and I've not had any problems. It is a 1.0 release though and feels like it. Based on most apps I've tried this one *feels* more like a beta release.

I'm going to give it 3 stars because of the Spotlight independent search capability and it's free but there are other free apps that do this better - EasyFind by Devon is the best example.

Pros

- Doesn't use Spotlight

Cons

- Search starting points limited although tree view mitigates that somewhat

- "found" items in tree view could be more distinctive. (Currently found are bold, tree structure is italic.) Maybe make the found items red?

- Slightly non-intuitive search criteria selectors. For example when choosing "File Type Code" an option menu appears next to it with only one item - "equals". It should be just a single menu although my guess is that the developer plans to add more to the second menu in the future ("does not equal" etc)

Good start TEMPEL. Take a look at EasyFind - it looks to be your main competition. As a free-lancer you'll have a hard time besting them but if you can provide some functionality they don't you can have a winner here.

Good luck!  
(Version 1.0.1)

STEVEW  Hey guys, calm down a bit

@NOTAFOOL

I noticed from your many posts at MU you do tend to be/sound fairly negative. You could have at least posted a comment here like - "Oops, my mistake. I now understand the Spotlight thing.

@TEMPEL

NOTAFOOL did ask a legitimate question - albeit a fairly trivial one. If your going to develop for customers you need to take all comers.

Here's the answer (I think). TEMPEL - please correct if I'm wrong.

In the find results list ctrl-click (right click) a found item. In the contextual menu that comes up select "Reveal in Finder". A Finder window will open with the item selected. You can then do whatever you'd like with the file including dragging it to the trash or right-click and "Get Info", "Move to Trash" etc.

I've got some more comments/questions on the app I'll post in a new thread here shortly.  
(Version 1.0.1)

STEVEW  @TEMPEL

I said it very clear in my comment as well. You don't need to explain it better.

@NOTAFOOL

- "Find" (search field in the Finder toolbar) is built on Spotlight.

- "Find" searches the Spotlight database not the file system.

- "Find" cannot find anything that's not in the Spotlight index.

- The results in the Spotlight menubar search function are the same as in the Finder toolbar search function except that the Finder search function restricts its display to a list of possible file matches rather than all possible hits (like a menu option etc)

If you want to test this delete or reset your Spotlight index and then immediately do a Finder "Find". You will not get any results.

Maybe this article will help

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2531  
(Version 1.0)

STEVEW  Haven't looked at the app yet but the difference *could* be whether or not it uses the Spotlight database. OS X "find" does not search your disk - it searches the Spotlight database.

If something isn't in that database "find" will not find it. The Spotlight database is not a list of files. When spotlight indexes it does capture file names along with other attributes, keywords and file content (text etc). Yes that makes it more powerful but...

The problem(s) with Spotlight are that indexing may be incomplete or corrupted and Spotlight does *not* index every file - you can exclude things but there are others that are excluded by default which you have no control over. So all you really know when you use it is whether you found the file, not whether it exists on your computer.

Lastly the find utility does not allow you to choose *where* to find. Since Leopard (I think) it restricts your locations to "this mac", your hard drive or shared volumes. Yes that's everything but you often end up with too many results. Wouldn't it be nice to search just your documents folder rather than wading through a list a mile long with every system file that comes close? The results list is also limited to name, kind and date last opened (view options are disable for find). Why not at least include path name so you can sort by that?

I'm searching for a find utility that doesn't use the Spotlight database - don't know if this one is it but hopefully I answered your question. (No affiliation with the developer).  
(Version 1.0)