I like the new Instant Search but I don't think I'll use it much. All my searches are conducted from search bars in Safari or Chrome where I just need to tap or tab to the bar and type. One thing that has changed my search habits recently though is the Safari 5 extension that lets you do mouseover searches where you highlight some text then a little window pops up with some search results and the start of the wikipedia page. So I can look something up without even typing or leaving the page/window. I take it this too has been done before? It's really 'game-changing' as far as my UX and interaction with search/ads goes.
Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
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Re: Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
#22I remember, back when Instant was first ramping up staffing from prototype to production levels, saying, "It's going to be a spectacular failure, but I am very, very glad that I work in a company where we can take risks like this." (In my defense, remember that chart Google released today showing the resource usage of various incarnations of Instant? It was in the Prototype stage at the time, with a total cost roughl…
The development chart of Instant sounds interesting. I've been unable to find it - could you provide a URL?
Re: Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
#23I remember, back when Instant was first ramping up staffing from prototype to production levels, saying, "It's going to be a spectacular failure, but I am very, very glad that I work in a company where we can take risks like this." (In my defense, remember that chart Google released today showing the resource usage of various incarnations of Instant? It was in the Prototype stage at the time, with a total cost roughl…
The development chart of Instant sounds interesting. I've been unable to find it - could you provide a URL?
It's 48 minutes into the official press event on Google Instant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0eMHRxlJ2c
(Shamefully, I do not know how to link to a specific time point in a YouTube video.)
BTW, basically all of Othar & Ben's presentation is worth watching (it starts at 30 minutes in) - he says a lot of what I do here, except I'm one of the skeptical people saying "It'll never work". ;-)
Re: Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
#24I remember, back when Instant was first ramping up staffing from prototype to production levels, saying, "It's going to be a spectacular failure, but I am very, very glad that I work in a company where we can take risks like this." (In my defense, remember that chart Google released today showing the resource usage of various incarnations of Instant? It was in the Prototype stage at the time, with a total cost roughl…
The development chart of Instant sounds interesting. I've been unable to find it - could you provide a URL?
I uploaded a screenshot here: http://twitpic.com/2mshks
Re: Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
(When you post about Google articles I think you guys should remind people that (AFAIK) that you work there.)
I figured that was implied because (hopefully) nobody else would know about Instant when it was in the prototype stage. Plus the whole "that I work in..." part of the quote.
I guess so. btilly didn't mention it implicitly or otherwise. I still think it's generally right to make it explicit.
Re: Yahoo Dropped the ball on Google Instant in 2005
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I figured that was implied because (hopefully) nobody else would know about Instant when it was in the prototype stage. Plus the whole "that I work in..." part of the quote.
I guess so. btilly didn't mention it implicitly or otherwise. I still think it's generally right to make it explicit.
No, I didn't. But I also don't think it is that material to what I said. If I thought it mattered, I would have said it.
In retrospective it would have made sense to have said it. But I'm not going to worry too much about it.