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Safari Search to use Yahoo instead of Google?
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Originally posted by awulf
Yahoo gets their search results from Google (most of them anyway), but their interface is a bit bloated.
I think apple should use my scrappy little search engine instead.
As noted, it's pure yahoo (okay - inktomi) now. So, it may be better or worse - that's opinion. But, I think it's certain that google's interface is much much cleaner.
Are people comparing http://yahoo.com to http://google.com, or are the comparing the search results pages?
It's irrelevant as to who has the better or cleaner front door, since the search field makes it unnecessary to go to the front door.
You may like the search results and the layout of one versus the other, but they're pretty damn similar either way...at least not to have a cow over Apple deciding to choose one over the other.
Besides, as I posted before, Saft is an option and so is having Javascript searches via the toolbar.
oohhh... i really hope that doesn't happen.
i used to use Camino before Safari got a few releases under it's belt... if any deal with Yahoo goes down it might be time for me to have a look at the latest Camino bulid. and everyone seems to be talking about FireFox as well...
i used to use Camino before Safari got a few releases under it's belt... if any deal with Yahoo goes down it might be time for me to have a look at the latest Camino bulid. and everyone seems to be talking about FireFox as well...
Google Better!
I hope NOT! If you search "Keynote Themes" Google has us #2! Over at Yahoo #7. Obviously Google is better : )
http://www.KeynoteThemePark.com
I hope NOT! If you search "Keynote Themes" Google has us #2! Over at Yahoo #7. Obviously Google is better : )
http://www.KeynoteThemePark.com
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22574
I think the rumor may have started because of this
I think the rumor may have started because of this
Re: Re: Safari Search to use Yahoo instead of Google?
Exactly. Sound enabled web pages are super annoying. And LOUD for those of us with the master volume up. I'd like a volume slider in safari too (a la iTunes). As more sites intigrate sound into them, it will become more of a consideration!
Exactly. Sound enabled web pages are super annoying. And LOUD for those of us with the master volume up. I'd like a volume slider in safari too (a la iTunes). As more sites intigrate sound into them, it will become more of a consideration!
Re: Re: Re: Safari Search to use Yahoo instead of Google?
I use Rogue Amoeba's "Detour" to regulate on a case-by-case basis the volume of all my apps that make sound. Needless to say, Safari is turned down low.
I use Rogue Amoeba's "Detour" to regulate on a case-by-case basis the volume of all my apps that make sound. Needless to say, Safari is turned down low.
macosxhints.com that day will instantly have a way to bring back google in the search bar, and if the way of defining the search bar is not changed then the article on how to change it now be used.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436&query=safari+search
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436&query=safari+search
If this happens ill just use mozilla firebird its a great browser and i already use it sometimes plus open source mozilla.org
i don't think it'll matter. Yahoo's not bad, and it just got an image search, so if it changes, it won't bother me.
Sorry, don't know how to edit a post and put a quote on...neways, I think the reason Google's is "the world standard" may just be because Apple made it that way. I used to use Yahoo for everything before I got Safari and I always thought it was the best. True, though, Google does have a greater variety.
Omni Web is the best
omni web is the best, any time I click in a search box, I get a little icon on the bottom of the browser, click that and it gets added to a pull down menu in the search box, so right now I have google, movie showtimes, IMdb, citysearch (which retains cookies), version tracker, a bunch of reference sites and a few other fun goodies, it rocks
omni web is the best, any time I click in a search box, I get a little icon on the bottom of the browser, click that and it gets added to a pull down menu in the search box, so right now I have google, movie showtimes, IMdb, citysearch (which retains cookies), version tracker, a bunch of reference sites and a few other fun goodies, it rocks
Question - of all you anti-Yahooers:
1. Until about a week ago Yahoo! used Google's search results. It was the same darn thing. I liked Google better for it's interface
2. About a week or so ago, Yahoo! switched to their own in-house developed engine. How many of you guys have used Yahoo! since the switch? I decided to compare the two, and found in about 2/4 of cases, the Yahoo! results were significantly better, in about 1/4 the Google results were significantly better, and in the remaining 1/4 there was no real difference. Therefore, overall I feel Yahoo! now has the better engine. If you haven't checked it out, I'd encourage you to do so before you talk about how Google is the greatest.
1. Until about a week ago Yahoo! used Google's search results. It was the same darn thing. I liked Google better for it's interface
2. About a week or so ago, Yahoo! switched to their own in-house developed engine. How many of you guys have used Yahoo! since the switch? I decided to compare the two, and found in about 2/4 of cases, the Yahoo! results were significantly better, in about 1/4 the Google results were significantly better, and in the remaining 1/4 there was no real difference. Therefore, overall I feel Yahoo! now has the better engine. If you haven't checked it out, I'd encourage you to do so before you talk about how Google is the greatest.
Yea i just took a look at yahoo the other day, they aren't nearly as bad as they were before, but... I like the Google interface... well i guess if they do switch from google to yahoo, fine...
Maybe if Yahoo implemented an optional, cleaner search interface for those who want it, I might be more willing to use it.
I haven't seen this mentioned before. But for those if you looking to use Yahoo!'s new engine. Please use http://search.yahoo.com/ instead of http://www.yahoo.com/ . It's much cleaner with a lot less clutter. Not as clean as Google, but close.
Regards,
-JD-
