Comments on: Microsoft Tafiti Is Beautiful, But Will Anyone Use it? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 13:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: GeeksRoom » Blog Archive » Tafiti, un motor de busqueda distinto. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1960362 GeeksRoom » Blog Archive » Tafiti, un motor de busqueda distinto. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:42:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1960362 [...] está dejando a muchos con la boca abierta, aunque algunos pocos, como la gente del blog TechCrunch, no les gusta mucho y dudan de su [...] […] está dejando a muchos con la boca abierta, aunque algunos pocos, como la gente del blog TechCrunch, no les gusta mucho y dudan de su […]

]]> By: Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1653789 Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:30:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1653789 [...] Microsoft Tafiti Is Beautiful, But Will Anyone Use it? [...] […] Microsoft Tafiti Is Beautiful, But Will Anyone Use it? […]

]]> By: Microsoft Turns Tafiti into a Halo 3 Ad; Too Bad Few Will See It http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1637379 Microsoft Turns Tafiti into a Halo 3 Ad; Too Bad Few Will See It Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1637379 [...] a month ago we reported on Microsoft’s new experimental, Silverlight-based search site named [...] […] a month ago we reported on Microsoft’s new experimental, Silverlight-based search site named […]

]]> By: joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1579832 joe Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:11:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1579832 sean : i live in Korea. using tafiti is not very pleasant in here too. and your 'shit car' metaphor is brilliant. sean : i live in Korea. using tafiti is not very pleasant in here too.
and your ’shit car’ metaphor is brilliant.

]]> By: sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1569045 sean Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:47:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1569045 @53 and I'm using a 2.16Ghz Core2Duo w/ a gig of RAM and an 8Mb DSL line. If that's not fast enough I guess I need to move to Korea or something. @53 and I’m using a 2.16Ghz Core2Duo w/ a gig of RAM and an 8Mb DSL line. If that’s not fast enough I guess I need to move to Korea or something.

]]> By: sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1569039 sean Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:45:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1569039 What plugin are you using on your PDA? I can't see any on the silverlight site, not even a Windows mobile one, which I'd have thought was the most obvious. What plugin are you using on your PDA? I can’t see any on the silverlight site, not even a Windows mobile one, which I’d have thought was the most obvious.

]]> By: Long N. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567523 Long N. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:10:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567523 The scroll wheel doesn't work - That's just unproductive. Links open in a new window - Hey, USERS decide when they want that to happen. Everything animates - That's a lie, because when you delete something from the stack, there's no animation! Whether it's Flash or Silverlight, they're are not tools that should be used for search. The scroll wheel doesn’t work - That’s just unproductive.

Links open in a new window - Hey, USERS decide when they want that to happen.

Everything animates - That’s a lie, because when you delete something from the stack, there’s no animation!

Whether it’s Flash or Silverlight, they’re are not tools that should be used for search.

]]> By: Rollo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567510 Rollo Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:49:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567510 "Only works with Microsoft Windows or Mac OS." Microsoft can kiss my ass, as well as Omid's. “Only works with Microsoft Windows or Mac OS.”

Microsoft can kiss my ass, as well as Omid’s.

]]> By: Dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567495 Dave Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:36:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567495 I would suggest that you upgrade your broadband / computer. it works like a dream on my pda. I would suggest that you upgrade your broadband / computer. it works like a dream on my pda.

]]> By: sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567458 sean Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:45:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567458 I don't get this: It's really great, but slow. Hey I bought a car, it's really great, but doesn't have an engine. Oh wait, it's a shit car. I don’t get this: It’s really great, but slow.

Hey I bought a car, it’s really great, but doesn’t have an engine.

Oh wait, it’s a shit car.

]]> By: Gopinath M http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567446 Gopinath M Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:28:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567446 I browsed the site now. It is really great. But as mentioned in the post, it is very slow and not user friendly for people who use keyboard. I was not able to scroll through the results using arrow keys. May be a good concept but need to improve performance, usability and more over the search results. Cheers, http://mgopinath.blogspot.com I browsed the site now. It is really great. But as mentioned in the post, it is very slow and not user friendly for people who use keyboard. I was not able to scroll through the results using arrow keys. May be a good concept but need to improve performance, usability and more over the search results.

Cheers,
http://mgopinath.blogspot.com

]]> By: sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567442 sean Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:12:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567442 I just re-read the puff piece on Silverlight, chuckling at the ridiculous comments like "makes flash/flex look like an absolute toy" and "makes AJAX look like a bicycle". Well that was back in May, so it looks like they spent the last few months slowing the fucker down to give Adobe a sporting chance. How else to explain the excruciatingly slow performance? I guess to anyone who wasn't being paid my Microsoft it would be obvious that here's nothing there that couldn't have been done in Flash years ago, and faster. I'm not going to even start on the design, I mean if you like it that's cool, each to their own etc. But holy crap. It's horrible. I just re-read the puff piece on Silverlight, chuckling at the ridiculous comments like “makes flash/flex look like an absolute toy” and “makes AJAX look like a bicycle”.

Well that was back in May, so it looks like they spent the last few months slowing the fucker down to give Adobe a sporting chance. How else to explain the excruciatingly slow performance?

I guess to anyone who wasn’t being paid my Microsoft it would be obvious that here’s nothing there that couldn’t have been done in Flash years ago, and faster.

I’m not going to even start on the design, I mean if you like it that’s cool, each to their own etc. But holy crap. It’s horrible.

]]> By: Dobby http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567371 Dobby Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:27:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567371 Nothing new here. You could have done this with flash years ago and it doesn't really add much to the search experience. You are so caught up in the graphics's that the results tend to fade to the background. If that is all that silverlight brings to the table I don't see why developers should choose it over Flash, Flex or Air? Nothing new here. You could have done this with flash years ago and it doesn’t really add much to the search experience. You are so caught up in the graphics’s that the results tend to fade to the background. If that is all that silverlight brings to the table I don’t see why developers should choose it over Flash, Flex or Air?

]]> By: omid http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567241 omid Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:31:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567241 from site: "Silverlight requires Windows or Mac OS X" huh :D kiss my ass! from site: “Silverlight requires Windows or Mac OS X”
huh :D kiss my ass!

]]> By: KingofMashups http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567219 KingofMashups Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:07:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567219 I watched the walkthru video in the faq and I think the intent is more towards research than casual search. So I'm not sure if it's fair to compare 1:1 to Google or even Live Search. If I'm going to be spending time in a search application doing research, I think I'd like to have a richer experience like this. I watched the walkthru video in the faq and I think the intent is more towards research than casual search. So I’m not sure if it’s fair to compare 1:1 to Google or even Live Search.

If I’m going to be spending time in a search application doing research, I think I’d like to have a richer experience like this.

]]> By: Brian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567211 Brian Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:51:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567211 Although it's not necessarily useful, the Full Screen "tree view" is pretty cool... and even in Mac Firefox the fonts look ultra-clear (at the full-screen size)! Although it’s not necessarily useful, the Full Screen “tree view” is pretty cool… and even in Mac Firefox the fonts look ultra-clear (at the full-screen size)!

]]> By: Franko http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567180 Franko Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:22:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567180 Over-design. Do I really need the visualizations of wood-grain, post-it notes, worn paper and lazy susan navigation to execute my search. Sure, all these things are exhibitions of Silverlight, but it seems like search is not the territory for such exhibition. Over-design. Do I really need the visualizations of wood-grain, post-it notes, worn paper and lazy susan navigation to execute my search. Sure, all these things are exhibitions of Silverlight, but it seems like search is not the territory for such exhibition.

]]> By: beng http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567172 beng Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:19:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567172 hardly beautiful, the opening crappy looking piece of paper ? come on. lots of sliding about once you get in, but sliding about for the sake of sliding about is hardly beautiful. man, I still can't get passed the crappy paper at the beginning hardly beautiful, the opening crappy looking piece of paper ? come on.

lots of sliding about once you get in, but sliding about for the sake of sliding about is hardly beautiful.

man, I still can’t get passed the crappy paper at the beginning

]]> By: Deep Jive Interests » Tafiti: Slick and Somewhat Unusable http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567171 Deep Jive Interests » Tafiti: Slick and Somewhat Unusable Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:18:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567171 [...] type of search engine that rides on the Silverlight engine.  Hearing that its a slick piece of work (and being the kind of person who likes to try slick pieces of work), I checked out this slick [...] […] type of search engine that rides on the Silverlight engine.  Hearing that its a slick piece of work (and being the kind of person who likes to try slick pieces of work), I checked out this slick […]

]]> By: Tafiti, Silverlight & Live powered Searching « Kok Chiann http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567151 Tafiti, Silverlight & Live powered Searching « Kok Chiann Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:59:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567151 [...] about Tafiti is HOT around the web, EVERYONE is talking about it! Check out Channel 10, TechCrunch, All About Microsoft, The Universal Desktop, [...] […] about Tafiti is HOT around the web, EVERYONE is talking about it! Check out Channel 10, TechCrunch, All About Microsoft, The Universal Desktop, […]

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567101 David Mackey Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:13:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567101 Microsoft's search has a long way to catching up to Google. But all search is still pretty primitive. Microsoft’s search has a long way to catching up to Google. But all search is still pretty primitive.

]]> By: Matt Bowcock // mbowcock.com » Microsoft Releases Tafiti http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567091 Matt Bowcock // mbowcock.com » Microsoft Releases Tafiti Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:07:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567091 [...] asks - Microsoft Tafiti is Beautiful, But Will Anyone Use It?  The answer is [...] […] asks - Microsoft Tafiti is Beautiful, But Will Anyone Use It?  The answer is […]

]]> By: Roy Tahsin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567085 Roy Tahsin Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:55:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567085 now only if Google was built like this.... now only if Google was built like this….

]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567075 Bob Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:46:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567075 Applications like this are best suited for children, brand it with "SpongeBob", or "Dora the Explorer" and they would love it and it would be useful. As a general purpose application for adults and or business people, probably not. Applications like this are best suited for children, brand it with “SpongeBob”, or “Dora the Explorer” and they would love it and it would be useful. As a general purpose application for adults and or business people, probably not.

]]> By: qeek http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567070 qeek Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:43:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/microsoft-tafity-is-beautiful-no-one-will-use-it/#comment-1567070 Umm... yeah, looks nice. But I actually spent more time on launching Firefox (I use Safari), installing Silverlight and relaunching Firefox than I will ever spend on using this as a search engine. Umm… yeah, looks nice.
But I actually spent more time on launching Firefox (I use Safari), installing Silverlight and relaunching Firefox than I will ever spend on using this as a search engine.

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