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Re: Google Now

#101

Post by adunk »

methodin wrote: post #36
st0p wrote: post #10

Am I the only one seeing some kind of horrible speech-to-text subtitles that are really missing the point?

It was on by default for me and I was really confused for a short period of time wondering what the heck they were trying to tell me as part of the video. It was hilarious, however.

I had the same experience. But the subtitles really were something extra, would definitely recommend for a laugh.

Re: Google Now

#102

Post by vitalique »

brown9-2 wrote: post #57

Confusing that nothing on the page (besides the video) mentions the word "Android" or how you can get Now.

This is more than strange for a page which has 'landing' in the URL (www.google.com/landing/now/). Vague video, vague texts and no hints as what am I supposed to do with this Now-thing, or even what it actually is. Left me totally clueless of what to do next. Also, I wonder if Now is going to be available in the future for Google customers with devices other than Android or maybe even as a web-app or iGoogle widget.

Re: Google Now

#103

Post by gouranga »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #59

"...Cards appear throughout the day..." Yay, just what I wanted: yet another software service to interrupt me thoughout the day. Snarkiness aside, I'm sure the information is relevant and good. But if I forget that my favorite team is playing while I'm working on a design, do I really need to be reminded? People are not machines. I do not subscribe to and process an information feed in the same way that an email clie…

Spot on. A great illustration of this here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series)#2._.22...

Re: Google Now

#104

Post by hackinthebochs »

darkstalker wrote: post #78
marijn wrote: post #61

Translation: Here's another reason why you should give us all your data!

People complains about getting spied by google, but already is happily giving all his data to facebook

Google has far more information about me than facebook does. My search habits paint a far more detailed and personal picture about me than where I went or what I ate today. It is completely reasonable to be weary of giving even more data to google. I'd rather not have all my information housed in a single company. I trust google just as much as facebook (very little).

Re: Google Now

#105

Post by marcusf »

disappointment wrote: post #98
methodin wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've never gotten there so it's an intriguing experiment regardless if you agree with it or not. 12 years ago I imagine most people thought it would be ludicrous that people would be walking around consumed in a mobile device - but that came to fruition just as stuff like this will.

Believe it or not, we had PDAs back then. And before that, we had pocket TVs.

But they were never mass market in the same way. Walk on to the tube today and 70% will have their noses buried in an iPhone (or less often, a 'droid). That wasn't the case with either PDA's or pocket TV's. Possibly with walkmans/iPods.

Re: Google Now

#107

Post by papercrane »

CrazedGeek wrote: post #83
Achshar wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't see how that could be a feature. Misaligned list give wrong info, it looks more like a Photoshop mistake.

Maybe it's indicating the turn order?

I'm positive you're right. Blaze is at home, so they are at bat in the first half of the inning, indicated by their row being shifted forward slightly.

I think its a pretty clever design.

Edit: Not so sure about it now. Its too bad it wasn't misaligned in the correct direction.

Re: Google Now

#108

Post by pyre »

splatzone wrote: post #60
pyre wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Names can't be copyrighted, but they can be trademarked. 2. Google is using their name in the branding. E.g. Apple calls the iPhone just the iPhone, not the "Apple iPhone." On the other hand, Google prepends their name to all of their product names (e.g. "Google Play" "Google Now" "Google Plus" "Google Glass"), with Gmail being the only major exception that I can come up with (off the top of my head).

Feedburner, YouTube, Orkut, Picasa, Blogger? Good points though.

I feel stupid for not coming up with prominent examples like YouTube/Blogger, but these are less 'generic' than things like 'Glass,' 'Play,' or 'Plus.'

Re: Google Now

#109

Post by rwhitman »

brown9-2 wrote: post #57

Confusing that nothing on the page (besides the video) mentions the word "Android" or how you can get Now.

Exactly. Is it an Android app? A browser / mobile combo? Is there an iOS version? Where do I get it? If I can't try it now, when is it being released?
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