Thursday, August 04, 2005

UI design [search]

Ever wonder why Microsoft uses the dog to ask us questions before we are able to search every single time?

Yeah, 99% of my search is for files that I don't remember the name. So I'd instinctly go to the third option, click it and then type in my query.

I'm smart enough to type in whatever I want to search into a textbox, and the computer should be smart enough to know what kind of things I want to search for, and only ask questions afterwards.

So, what if Google does this, but instead of the dog, we have the cow?

Introducing Google Moo Cow Beta


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