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Google testing new search results page
by David Chartier Apr 22nd 2006
It looks like Google is testing new features in their search results age. As you can see in the screenshot, there is a blue arrow that appears next to results now that, when twirled down, can reveal new information such as images, related links and even the ability to search the site - all before you actually click to visit it (could this possibly be a result of those Ask.com commercials with the monkeys?).
CyberNet, where I found these screenshots, welcomes these new features and I have to agree. It looks like a great, unobtrusive way to boost the power of their search without cluttering up the page with all sorts of buttons and do-dads. The one thing I'd like to see with this new results page is the ability to navigate results the same way one can navigate Gmail messages - shortcuts like j/k to move up and down the link results list and enter to open the link would be great.
Obviously, I don't know if these are real, or if they are - how CyberNet came across them, or even whether Google is offering some kind of sign-up list to get in on the beta action. But one thing's for sure: if this new search results UI is real, it will likely be one of the first new Google products/features of late to not debut as a beta.
[via Macworld]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
