New feature: BlitzSearch
BlitzSearch lets you start of your search with the same convenience as the standard Spotlight menu. Yet down the road you will find all the power and customizability that exists only in HoudahSpot.

New feature: Always-on global menu
The global menu item may now be displayed without HoudahSpot running. This gives you access to the full power of HoudahSpot. Yet you will not have the HoudahSpot icon cluttering your Dock.

New feature: Finder toobar item
HoudahSpot may add an icon to the toolbar of Finder windows. With this, searching a specific folder is only a click away.

New feature: AppleScript support
You may invoke BlitzSearch using AppleScript:

      on handle_string(theString)

               tell application "HoudahSpot"

                     blitzSearch searchString theString options both

           end tell

  end handle_string

New feature: LaunchBar integration
HoudahSpot 2.1 also integrates with third party products like LaunchBar. Start a search from within LaunchBar. Refine it in HoudahSpot. Manipulate the results using LaunchBar.

Invoke BlitzSearch from a LaunchBar search template:

       hhspot://blitzSearch?searchString=*&options=3

New feature: Service menu
BlitzSearch is now available from the Services menu in all applications.

New feature: Spotlight menu
HoudahSpot 2.1 may work as full replacement for the default Spotlight UI. You will probably want to disable the default Spotlight menu.

Enhancement: Column display
HoudahSpot 2.1 correctly displays columns with multiple values. E.g. Authors.

Enhancement: Contextual menu
Dramatically improved speed of the contextual menu item.

Enhancement: QuickLook preview
The preview window now has the full power of QuickLook.

Enhancement: Open with…
You may now freely chose which application to open result items with.

Bug fix: Fractional file sizes
Searches for files of sizes less than 1 now works correctly.