Google Instant Announced

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 8, 2010 @06:04AM from the thats-faster-than-before-then-right dept.

GCPSoft writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type."

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It works for Google by Drakkenmensch · 2010-09-08 06:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Let's just pray Slashdot never instates a "post as you type" feature.
1. Re:It works for Google by samkass · 2010-09-08 06:12 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Let's just pray Slashdot never instates a "post as you type" feature.
  Wasn't that Google Wave? And haven't they added that feature to Google Docs?
  
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2. Re:It works for Google by eln · 2010-09-08 06:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Maybe they were dictating...
Censored by Dyinobal · 2010-09-08 06:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The instant search thing seems to be censored. I type Por and wait and it doesn't suggest porn at all. I type Porn and wait for some suggestions and it doesn't do anything at all. Whats the point when the thing is filtered?
1. Re:Censored by zero_out · 2010-09-08 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Does anyone remember the old autocomplete, before it got removed for a while? It was because there was a huge amount of negative publicity when someone would type "blacks are" and the first autocomplete suggestions were lazy, stupid, criminals, and a few other negative things. I think they learned that censorship is good for them when it comes to predictive algorithms. Imagine a kid at home, doing a report on porcupines, and when they type in P O R, getting flooded with porn links. That would not be good for Google, to say the least.
2. Re:Censored by Dyinobal · 2010-09-08 08:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Why did I get modded funny?
3. Re:Censored by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-08 09:52 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Why did I get modded funny?
  They're nothing but slaves and drones mate.
Re:So when did this happen? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-08 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny

What is this, the unofficial Google PR site?
Only when it's not an official Apple fanboi site
Re:You know what would make it instant? by Atzanteol · 2010-09-08 06:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Man is Slashdot the largest collection of conservative whiny techies in the world or is it just me? Perhaps if that fade-in is so resource intensive you may want to change from your C=64 with coupled modem to something a bit more recent? I know I know, all that extra memory and CPU speed just encourages "sloppy programming" but trust me it's worth it.

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Re:You know what would make it instant? by nacturation · 2010-09-08 06:32 · Score: 4, Funny

On another note, a quick refresh rate can pull up some non-professional images if one isn't careful. For instance in typing latent dirichlet, 'la' pulled up a partially clothed/nude image of lady gaga.This might have been a bit awkward if safe-search wasn't on.
Searching for vagrants or penal colonies is definitely not recommended at work.

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Pity the slow typer... by bobdotorg · 2010-09-08 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny

... who gets most of the way through a search for goatseller

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1. Re:Pity the slow typer... by by+(1706743) · 2010-09-08 07:27 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Or, "pictures of a huge cockroach."
Re:Isn't this search.yahoo.com? by chill · 2010-09-08 07:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Remember that "Do you Yahoo?" commercial.
It turns out the answer is "No".

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Re:You know what would make it instant? by Didorian · 2010-09-08 07:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah man, I loved Google too before they went mainstream.
Re:You know what would make it instant? by Abstrackt · 2010-09-08 08:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Searching for vagrants or penal colonies is definitely not recommended at work.
I can see the issue with searching for "vagrants" but I never got any bad results for "Australia".

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Re:You know what would make it instant? by daveime · 2010-09-08 08:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Jesus Christ, then he'd have to move his mouse all the way to his bookmarks toolbar and click something !!!
HE DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR ALL THAT SHIT !!!
Re:Wasteful requests. by daveime · 2010-09-08 08:40 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm sure this will be updated in the near future to use a REAL transport protocol.
FTFY
Re:You know what would make it instant? by CarpetShark · 2010-09-08 08:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Give it some time. You won't want to disable it if you stick with it for a few days.
Of course not. I'll have blown a hole in my skull by then ;)