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Auto complete is already an awesome feature to have, instant search is clutter, it creates too much traffic, and sometimes it doesn't work (nothing shows for a while). Now it would be nice if google would stop choosing french as a search language because I live there, I have to set it up everyday and I don't want to enable cookies... I don't know if I can access google with english as default in some special page.
Does anybody really look at the Google home page any more? Browsers and mobile devices all have search boxes now. Bing tried putting good artwork on their home page, and nobody noticed. Google's "robots.txt" file doesn't let bots read their home page. Most other pages on Google are bot-readable, but not the home page. It's like they don't want it to be indexed by other search engines. That might change once it gets c…
I thought it was funny because they touted how relevant their search results were then blasted you with seemingly random pictures.
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Well, there was a lot of bottom-up work, but in this case Instant was pushed by Marissa. A lot of infrastructure had to be built, scaled and tuned before launch, so that the demos could actually serve the millions of users, their wonky browsers or ISPs, etc.
I agree that she supported the launch, but Marissa wasn't involved in any of the infrastructure work, machine planning, etc.
https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/search-now-faster-th...
I wouldn't have expected a VP to be involved in infrastructure, and machine planning.
This was such a disruptive feature. Completely distracting from the moment you interact with the page. This wasn't a productivity bonus in any way, regardless of purported reading recognition rates and eye tracking/movement measurements.
No, computer. You wait until I'm finished. You wait until I tell you I want you to do something. You don't jump at every flinch of my fingers. Not all interactions require reaction.
Well there goes an entire category of meme. RIP internet.
Well there goes an entire category of meme. RIP internet.
The search suggestions are still there, so the various memes around "why do ..." still work. The part that's been removed is that Google Instant used to start showing you the results page as you typed, before hitting enter.
1) Type stuff into google.com 2) Delete all the text
You are now on a totally empty results page. Why is this a sensible design?