Re:Yahoo Axis
by guywithabike on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @08:34PM
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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.
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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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SearchMe
I remember when this came out -- they spent a lot advertising this same "revolution", there were billboards and everything for it.
Ah, this will probably fail for the same reasons!
That's not a redefinition. It's a modification. The hyperbole of "completely redefining" something is nothing short of presumptuous.
It completely tweaks the way you search the web.
I see a search toolbar plus the Chrome-to-phone functionality (the iOs version of it). Moving along...
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Hate to be that guy but, I just played it fine in IE9. I don't have chrome on this box to test.