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Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by brntn »

bishnu wrote: post #51
nl wrote: post #25

"Watch the Ad!" Is there anything that shows how out-of-touch Yahoo better than the idea of wasting 1/3 of the above-the-fold space with something that warns people in advance it is nothing more than an ad ? Call it "Learn More" or something - anything but this. Didn't they A/B test it? (Or maybe I'm part of the unsuccessful half of an A/B test. Hmm..)

FWIW, Apple's iPad home page features a "Watch the TV Ad" button, although admittedly it's not quite as prominent as this.

Unlike the Axis page, you don't need to watch anything to find out what the product does.

People watch the Apple ads because they think they're "cool" or "interesting", not because they're trying to find out more about the product.

Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by drgath »

laconian wrote: post #36

Not supported for my operating system. (I run Linux.) I thought this was a browser plugin?

I'm asking around. It's all Web based, so I suspect that whatever limitations they ran into was because of browser extension issues.

Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by shadowmint »

Jaecen wrote: post #53
KeyBoardG wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. All the hate is unnecessary. Give it 5 minutes before pilling on Yahoo and the past decisions of it's board. The idea of taking browsing with you is nice feature that Im suprised hasn't been implemented so well by other operating system / browsers. As such, I'd expect Windows8 and WindowsPhone8 to have tight integration and hopefully have features like this.

Automatic syncing of bookmarks and open tabs (among other things) is available on desktop and Android versions of Chrome. It's a feature I use frequently.

Me too, but to be fair, not many people get the chrome love (since it requires 4.0+)

Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by ktizo »

rmoriz wrote: post #28

Check the awesome terms + conditions: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/axis/en-us/

Well, on the bright side at least no-one will mind agreeing with them.

Perhaps it is a bold new form of ultra-permissive licence.

Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by arihant »

I like how it collapses quickly and tries to remain as lean as possible. But there is something fundamentally wrong - my browser already has a search box on top right..why did Yahoo think adding another one on bottom left would make me happy?

May a right side panel that reads from browser search box and completely collapses when I don't search would have been nicer.

Re: Yahoo Axis

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Post by kapitalx »

daenz wrote: post #33
guywithabike wrote: post #11

I've never uninstalled a browser plugin so quickly. It really is just what you think it is: a 2001-era search toolbar, except without the useful list of search results. Just thumbnails that tell you nothing about the result.

That's what rubbed me the wrong way about the video saying over and over "It completely redefines how you search the web!" No, not really.

It does completely redefine the way you search the web. It's changing search results from text to thumbnails. That will be totally useless in many circumstances, but could be useful in some.
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