Comments on: Video: How to really speed up your Google search, without installing anything

By: nokia-cellulari.blogspot.com

nokia-cellulari.blogspot.com — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:38:33 +0000

Wow, useful application, but I prefer a more “clear” dtandby display, I don’t think you will save so much time…

By: Fernando

Fernando — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:30:24 +0000

Ok, after messing with the different options a lot, I actually like the Google Search app. I have also posted a comparison with videos on my blog, check it out: http://www.fwrnando.com/blog/2008/comparing-search-methods/

By: rezanat0r

rezanat0r — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:13:26 +0000

He doesnt have 7, he has 6…. but he was so mad at the time he counted 7…. look at Rita’s comment above.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:47:08 +0000

Wait how do you have 7 standby shortcuts? I only have 6. how do i add a seventh?

By: rezanat0r

rezanat0r — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:52:40 +0000

while its not the most innovative or necessary thing for most of us seasoned S60 users, I can see how its a nice add-on for newbs in general.

and while its not quite indicative of how most of us here type on our keypads either, the S60/nokia newb would probably be typing at that tortoise pace on their new phone.

so its kind of applicable.

no need to get quite so livid over something so trivial.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:18:09 +0000

What’s funny is that it also takes LESS time for you to set up the shortcut than it did for me to download and install the app, over a 3.5G connection. Either way, I’ve still got it installed on my N95-3.

By: News reader

News reader — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:35:03 +0000

Hm, I will try this way.

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:22:58 +0000

All newbishness aside, you can blatantly see that whoever was using the Web browser to search was typing the same information SLOWER.

They can keep their app. The first bookmark in my web browser is Yahoo Search anyway.

By: Rita El Khoury

Rita El Khoury — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:17:39 +0000

Well, haven’t tested the new one, but you seem seriously pissed, so pissed that you lost your math while counting the standby screen icons :p

By: Fernando

Fernando — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:18:23 +0000

And if you don’t want that stupid mobile version, nor the “classic” one that’s really limited, you can bookmark http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky to be your homepage.

And speaking of this new search app, I have mixed feelings, I love it right now because it is really fast! (the way it opens and connects the browser while you’re typing is brilliant) but it is still ugly and unintegrated. Nokia HAVE to open the active standby plugin API for developers, imagine having google taking over that useless “Search: Internet and My Content” space that takes ages to open (kinda defeat the purpose of a shortcut when it’s faster to just open the plain browser).

And patrick, the N75 is a Nseries =P

By: symbianaddict

symbianaddict — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:16:35 +0000

weird dude. i just typed “la kings score” with the new search application and timed it. from pressing the pencil key to getting the page fully loaded with the score, it took 13 seconds.

and T9 is automatically enabled already. are you sure you have predictive text set to “on” in your settings?

bummer they took your video down i wanted to see it. I would be pissed to. upload it with ovi.

btw, i’m testing this on the n73.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:57:19 +0000

I’m not sure about all of the N-Series, but the N75 allows you to use bookmarks from the browser for the softkeys or shortcuts on the idle screen. This is both helpful and frustrating. Frustrating when you want to change a shortcut and have to scroll endlessly to find the app your looking for as I have yet to decode the logic, but useful for quick webpages. A friend of mine made a bookmark for the mobile google calendar, named it simply ‘Calendar’ and set it to a softkey to be easily accessed with one button press from the standby screen. One more way to overcome the shortcomings of the S60 PIM set.

By: N95

N95 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:52:07 +0000

are you serious? how can google just take down your vid..?!? for what reason?

btw, i was thinking the exact same as i was watching the mentioned vid from google.. it’s just lame and unrealistic.

By: Mr-X

Mr-X — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:41:14 +0000

Oh come on…The person who’s using the browser is obviously taking their sweet, sweet time!

When are we gonna get autofocusing video(again) in the N-Series anyways?

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:05:13 +0000

google took down my video. i’m a little hurt.