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Windows Live Search goes Live
novus ordo writes "Microsoft has launched the Windows Live Search. Among the reports,
Microsoft Search Senior Product Manager, Justin Osmer says that "The beta, and a revision expected in a few months, will challenge market leader Google."" I like the more dynamic image searching tool. It seems really slow- I'm not sure if that's the dynamicness (is that a word?) or just standard
launch lag.
*gasp*
/.'ed MS?
We
Gotta be glad now they don't operate out of the UK.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Well, that was an interesting product demo, I got the "server busy" message. At least it wasnt blue.
If you don't vote, you don't matter, so don't waste your time telling me your opinion
That scroll bar is horrible. Nice UI design Microsoft.
I searched for "google" and got a long wait, then an error popup
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We /.ed a search engine? or is it this slow by design?
MAybe its becuase we are using non-ms browsers?? can you imagine their logs.. stating that the firat 80% was firefox or others?
I have mod points and I am not afraid to use them.
www.google.com
I know that's just pure nasty - I just couldn't help it.
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Maybe someone should post a coral link. Let off some of the load from MS.
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
Live.com:
Loading results for query boobies
images 1-15 of 3957
6/15 are of the bird
Google.com (SafeSearch Off):
Results 1 - 20 of about 51,700 for boobies (0.07 seconds)
4/20 are of the bird
I think the results speak for themselves.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Try using Googles cache
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You'll have to wait for that answer,
I'm still scanning throught the first 1.6 million.
I think Microsoft hired monkeys to build and design this site. It's utter and total crap!
It worked much faster here but with Internet Explorer. Here's the first search result:
/me looks in the upper right corner of his browser to the search box.
Yeah, browser search box > *
Heute die Welt, morgen das Sonnensystem!
Did anyone else notice this in the source??
/* normalizes ie and ff, else ie sees an additional top margin */
document.write("");
Seems they have the same problems the rest of us have in building sites that actually work in IE...
Be Bold! BoldEverything Interactive
Heh, when I search for that, I just get redirected back to www.live.com. Sure, I think it's because I'm using Safari - but if that isn't interesting commentary, I don't know what is ;-)
concrete5: a cms made for marketing, but strong enough for geeks.
I searched for "windows live sucks" and it crashed my browser. No joke.
Anyway, I cannot see why anyone would want to use this over Google. Even if the results were on-par with Google, the user interface is enough to drive you crazy.
I'm not sure if that's the dynamicness (is that a word?)...
Yes, don't worry, it's a perfectly cromulent word. Here's an example sentence: "The dynamicness of the Live search engine embiggens its search ability."
(BTW, am I the only one who has added 'cromulent' to their spellcheck dictionary?)
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
Way to go Microsoft, this time you've aimed for the foot and shot yourself in the nads.
Give him a break, it's Slashdot Rant (beta).
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