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August 28, 2008
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Perfect for that person with everything: Order 'The Search
Yup, it makes the perfect gift for that officemate or colleague who you thought had everything....including you! If you order here, I promise to sign it, assuming we can figure out the shipping...
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Are you saying that there is a need for an information seeking, exploration, retrieval, and aggregation interface that goes beyond a glaringly empty white page, colorful playschool letters and a single, one-line text box?
Please, do elaborate.
I do.
Couldn't agree more. This really blew me away and yet it seems so obvious.
Thanks for pointing this out. I love the concept.
By the way, why didn't you twitter this? Seems like the perfect use for a tweet?
Feel free to reply @ericholter.
Another *GREAT* example of the "Wisdom of the Language" at work! :D
I wonder how many users have changed the default Location bar search provider in their mozilla firefox browser configuration (see support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location+bar+search for details)
Just like the "sevices" aka "websites" in the video, you could more easily navigate directly to the desired keyword / service by typing in 1 word into the empty location bar today (if you have browse.name name configured as your Location bar search provider).
Simply set the prefix to:
http://www.browse.name/direct.php?query=
and delete the suffix.
Piece of cake! It's all there -- today. It was probably there yesterday. I don't know how long it's been there -- 1 year? 2 years? ...?
How many people have used it?
I've been using it for the last few days and it's amazing!
The main use I'm giving is as an enhanced Google suggest/preview.
www.ShawnDrewry.com
You were supposed to give more detail...lol
Piece of cake! It's all there
Just like the "sevices" aka "websites" in the video, you could more easily navigate directly to the desired keyword / service by typing in 1 word into the empty location bar today (if you have browse.name name configured as your Location bar search provider).
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