Google jumps on the bandwagon . . . a little late
A while back, I wrote about Bloomba and how Alison Overholt of Fast Company raved over its powerful search features. At the time, I dismissed the search features, my mind still lingering in the world of distinct folders and locations to store e-mail messages, files, etc. However, after reading around other places (I’ve looked for links but could find none), it seems that searching is the wave of the future. As systems and applications seek to be more and more user-friendly, they are turning to more abstract, search-based designs. In a sense, I guess they’re becoming more like the human brain (granted, I know very little about how the human brain works).
So, in steps one of our most beloved Web applications: Google, the little search engine that could. Now not-so-little, this search engine has become a giant in all respects and is finally joining the game of Web-based e-mail—and they’re bringing along their search features to boot.
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