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Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by kaishiro »

coldtea wrote: post #7
imgabe wrote: post #3

Google Now is becoming increasingly impressive to me. For instance, last time I rented a car when it was time for me to return it, it showed me locations of gas near the airport. That's incredibly useful.

Or, you know, one can open their GPS/Maps app and with 1 or 2 clicks (or even a voice command) ask for gas stations near the airport. Google Now sounds paper-clippy and diminishing returns to me...

I think the point imgabe is trying to make - and I've had a similar experience - is that you occasionally receive information that _you don't even know you need to know_. For example, if I'm familiar with an area, I may have a particular gas station (or whatever) in mind, only to suddenly be given information that shows there is, in fact, a better option available to me. It's not (just) a question of saving clicks, it's the idea of giving you information off the cuff that is contextual to your situation.

Just my two cents.

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by nadavw »

super interesting...Google's really digging into mapping, first with the revamped MyMaps and now with this...I'm just wondering if a timeline is the best way to see places...If I had a great date with my girlfriend a few months ago, I don't remember the day or even month...there's gotta be a better UX, no?

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by amelius »

kaishiro wrote: post #11
coldtea wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, you know, one can open their GPS/Maps app and with 1 or 2 clicks (or even a voice command) ask for gas stations near the airport. Google Now sounds paper-clippy and diminishing returns to me...

I think the point imgabe is trying to make - and I've had a similar experience - is that you occasionally receive information that _you don't even know you need to know_. For example, if I'm familiar with an area, I may have a particular gas station (or whatever) in mind, only to suddenly be given information that shows there is, in fact, a better option available to me. It's not (just) a question of saving clicks, i…

Usually, the information is just noise though. And the information is never essential. That combination makes it something I'd rather not use.

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by icebraining »

amelius wrote: post #14
kaishiro wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the point imgabe is trying to make - and I've had a similar experience - is that you occasionally receive information that _you don't even know you need to know_. For example, if I'm familiar with an area, I may have a particular gas station (or whatever) in mind, only to suddenly be given information that shows there is, in fact, a better option available to me. It's not (just) a question of saving clicks, i…

Usually, the information is just noise though. And the information is never essential. That combination makes it something I'd rather not use.

Well, it's not exactly hard to disable: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2824784?hl=en

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by UserRights »

They write:

"Your Timeline is private and visible only to you"

I would like to challenge Google to provide proof for this: make it work without needing to login anywhere and without sending data to any place.

This will be great marketing and it is heavily needed to restore trust into a US based company after it has been destroyed completely by authoritarian lunatics.

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by amelius »

icebraining wrote: post #15
amelius wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually, the information is just noise though. And the information is never essential. That combination makes it something I'd rather not use.

Well, it's not exactly hard to disable: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2824784?hl=en

I'm getting tired of disabling stuff. I want my services to stay unchanged, unless I tell them otherwise.

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by irl_zebra »

imgabe wrote: post #3

Google Now is becoming increasingly impressive to me. For instance, last time I rented a car when it was time for me to return it, it showed me locations of gas near the airport. That's incredibly useful.

I've been really happy with its bundling of information. Taking a trip soon. Booked a flight for me, a flight for my girlfriend, a car, hotels on various nights across the vacation period, etc.

Google grabbed all the info and bundled it, put it onto my calendar, and into my email in a specific place. Saved a bunch of trouble, now I have reminders on my calendar of when I check in, where, when and where my flights are, etc. And it will tell me when its time to leave for the airport, though I find this last thing a bit buggy as it will tell me when to leave as if I wanted to arrive at the airport at the time my flight leaves, and not an hour before (minimum).

I'm really enjoying what Google is doing to make my life easier.

Previously, I would have manually moved each email into a trip folder then spend time adding each item to my calendar along with confirmation codes, etc. That takes a while.

Re: Your Timeline: Revisiting the world that you’ve explored

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Post by akx »

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #17

"Show this ad to people who walk past my coffee shop on the way to work, at a date and time when they are walking to work, and haven't already stopped at a coffee shop." -- Future Google Ads Feature in 2016

To be honest, I'd be alright with that as a consumer.
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