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Google Instant Announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Re:Yeah it's crap. by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    P.S.

    I also hate their new Image search page which, instead of just displaying image, runs some CPU intensive script that expands/shrinks images as you pass over them. What used to be a fast, pleasant browse is now like walking through molasses. It's so annoying that I'm trying to figure out how to turn if off and go back to the "old" plain images without any kind of Java enhancement.

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  2. Re:Yeah it's crap. by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh and another thing. I've been out of work for almost two years now (minus an all-too-brief 3 month contract as a temp engineer). I think I have a right to be miserable Mr. AC.

    The world IS miserable in case you haven't noticed. Like those idiots who are saying, "If the Ground Zero Mosque is built, let's bomb it." I will not silence my opinion about that, or Google, or anything else just because you don't like it. So frak off Anonymous Coward.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  3. Re:Yeah it's crap. by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>>Second, it automatically shuts off on low bandwidth accounts.

    Interesting. It didn't shut off on my DSL - I guess that's not considered low bandwidth? Neither did it shutoff on Dialup, probably because I have web accelerator (compression) turned on, and Netscape ISP's caching appears to be high bandwidth.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  4. Re:It works for Google by g3k0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Unfortunately it wouldn't help anyone fix their spelling mistakes.

    Nor would it help anyone fix his or her grammatical mistakes!