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New Microsoft Search; out goes live, in comesbing
Topic Started: Jun 3 2009, 09:26 PM (929 Views)
Nir	Jun 3 2009, 09:26 PM Post #1
never far Posts: 5,835 Group: Members Member #291 Joined: December 31, 2002	http://www.bing.com/ is Microsoft's new search. They are spending 100 million dollars trying to market the thing but why would they succeed this time? I am curios to see if anyone likes this enough to switch over.



Reid.	Jun 3 2009, 11:55 PM Post #2
C'est un pičge! Posts: 377 Group: Members Member #147,240 Joined: February 13, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://resources.zetaboards.com/	Google will never be displaced for me. Google is very fast as well. Bing seems quick too, but unless they add some type of feature that is more attractive than Google's, they will not force me to convert. Don't get me wrong, it looks fine. Just I've used google for so long that I'm not going to convert "just because." And the image in the background annoys me. If it changes daily or weekly or something I'll definitely not use it. I want a simplistic, minimal page that takes almost zero time loading. Google fits the bill. The logo changes sometimes but it's always an interesting event that is a cause for celebrating or something I didn't know before. That background image just seems redundant because it's so random. Call me picky.



JFK	Jun 4 2009, 12:14 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 470 Group: Members Member #175,920 Joined: October 18, 2008	It's a matter of preference... I for example will not give up using Altavista.com as my primary search engine... I have been using that since 1995 it hasn't failed me yet.



Delirium	Jun 4 2009, 07:06 AM Post #4
Who Watches the Watchmen? Posts: 888 Group: Members Member #53,155 Joined: May 2, 2005 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Aeroice Jun 3 2009, 11:55 PM And the image in the background annoys me. If it changes daily or weekly or something I'll definitely not use it. I want a simplistic, minimal page that takes almost zero time loading. Google fits the bill. The logo changes sometimes but it's always an interesting event that is a cause for celebrating or something I didn't know before. That background image just seems redundant because it's so random. Call me picky. Bing loads almost faster on my computer so that background image has just about no effect besides adding more to the page. Even if the background did change so does the logo on Google's page (background HAS gone to black before) so that's kind of hypocritical...and that last part didn't even make sense. Anyway, I'll check it out but I'll probably stick with Google. I just wonder how competent it is compared to Google's search engine.



Aaron	Jun 4 2009, 07:08 AM Post #5
Green Rocks Blue Socks! Posts: 4,157 Group: Community Moderator Member #31,457 Joined: October 2, 2004 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Delirium Jun 4 2009, 07:06 AM Aeroice Jun 3 2009, 11:55 PM And the image in the background annoys me. If it changes daily or weekly or something I'll definitely not use it. I want a simplistic, minimal page that takes almost zero time loading. Google fits the bill. The logo changes sometimes but it's always an interesting event that is a cause for celebrating or something I didn't know before. That background image just seems redundant because it's so random. Call me picky. Bing loads almost faster on my computer so that background image has just about no effect besides adding more to the page. Even if the background did change so does the logo on Google's page (background HAS gone to black before) so that's kind of hypocritical...and that last part didn't even make sense. Anyway, I'll check it out but I'll probably stick with Google. I just wonder how competent it is compared to Google's search engine. Google doesn't put images as their background. Going black is just a simple HTLM change..it doesn't make it any longer to load or not. (honestly I would like to see Google with a black background...easier on my eyes.)



Loona	Jun 4 2009, 11:14 AM Post #6
Flawgic Loless Posts: 6,833 Group: Members Member #10,821 Joined: January 10, 2004 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3	Yea right, MS, you would call it "bing." Clearly an attempt to get people to say "bing it" rather than "google it" which has already replaced "search it."



Reid.	Jun 4 2009, 03:16 PM Post #7
C'est un pičge! Posts: 377 Group: Members Member #147,240 Joined: February 13, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://resources.zetaboards.com/	Delirium Jun 4 2009, 07:06 AM Aeroice Jun 3 2009, 11:55 PM And the image in the background annoys me. If it changes daily or weekly or something I'll definitely not use it. I want a simplistic, minimal page that takes almost zero time loading. Google fits the bill. The logo changes sometimes but it's always an interesting event that is a cause for celebrating or something I didn't know before. That background image just seems redundant because it's so random. Call me picky. Bing loads almost faster on my computer so that background image has just about no effect besides adding more to the page. Even if the background did change so does the logo on Google's page (background HAS gone to black before) so that's kind of hypocritical...and that last part didn't even make sense. Anyway, I'll check it out but I'll probably stick with Google. I just wonder how competent it is compared to Google's search engine. I have a super-slow internet connection though. The image takes a little longer to load for me and it looks ugly while it isn't loaded.



Viral.	Jun 4 2009, 03:22 PM Post #8
Member Posts: 3,097 Group: Members Member #65,614 Joined: August 19, 2005 I'm Browsing With Chrome My Board URL http://zbaio.zetabin.com/	Wow, Microsoft never fail to amaze me. They still want me to "upgrade" from google chrome to internet explorer.. doubleyuteeef? Spoiler: click to toggle Edited by Viral., Jun 4 2009, 03:23 PM.



Reid.	Jun 4 2009, 03:24 PM Post #9
C'est un pičge! Posts: 377 Group: Members Member #147,240 Joined: February 13, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://resources.zetaboards.com/	Viral. Jun 4 2009, 03:22 PM Wow, Microsoft never fail to amaze me. They still want me to "upgrade" from google chrome to internet explorer.. holy rusted metal, Batman!? Spoiler: click to toggle LOL! Nice! Yes, please use a browser that supports CSS, Viral! Their detection method must be epic win.



Viral.	Jun 4 2009, 03:50 PM Post #10
Member Posts: 3,097 Group: Members Member #65,614 Joined: August 19, 2005 I'm Browsing With Chrome My Board URL http://zbaio.zetabin.com/	Wanna bet this is their detection method?: Code: HTML `<script type="text/javascript"> if(navigator.appName!="Microsoft Internet Explorer"){errorMessages();} </script>` Come to think of it, if I didn't have CSS enabled, that floating box with the error message wouldn't have been styled, therefore it wouldn't have a higher z-index and wouldn't look right.



JFK	Jun 4 2009, 04:26 PM Post #11
Member Posts: 470 Group: Members Member #175,920 Joined: October 18, 2008	Viral. Jun 4 2009, 03:50 PM Wanna bet this is their detection method?: Code: HTML `<script type="text/javascript"> if(navigator.appName!="Microsoft Internet Explorer"){errorMessages();} </script>` Come to think of it, if I didn't have CSS enabled, that floating box with the error message wouldn't have been styled, therefore it wouldn't have a higher z-index and wouldn't look right. I'll take that bet. It appears to work fine with no popup using K-Meleon with the user agent string modified to "Anonymous". < shrugs >



Viral.	Jun 4 2009, 04:58 PM Post #12
Member Posts: 3,097 Group: Members Member #65,614 Joined: August 19, 2005 I'm Browsing With Chrome My Board URL http://zbaio.zetabin.com/	You need to hover over the 1px vertical line to get the message - they're really clever like that.



Reid.	Jun 4 2009, 05:05 PM Post #13
C'est un pičge! Posts: 377 Group: Members Member #147,240 Joined: February 13, 2007 I'm Browsing With Firefox 3 My Board URL http://resources.zetaboards.com/	Viral. Jun 4 2009, 03:50 PM Wanna bet this is their detection method?: Code: HTML `<script type="text/javascript"> if(navigator.appName!="Microsoft Internet Explorer"){errorMessages();} </script>` Come to think of it, if I didn't have CSS enabled, that floating box with the error message wouldn't have been styled, therefore it wouldn't have a higher z-index and wouldn't look right. MS is omnipotent and omniscient, Viral. You shouldn't question them.



JFK	Jun 4 2009, 05:11 PM Post #14
Member Posts: 470 Group: Members Member #175,920 Joined: October 18, 2008	Viral. Jun 4 2009, 04:58 PM You need to hover over the 1px vertical line to get the message - they're really clever like that. OK, I entered your exact search and I think they are referring to that particular search hit, not the bing page. When I first tried I was searching for "something".



Viral.	Jun 4 2009, 06:21 PM Post #15
Member Posts: 3,097 Group: Members Member #65,614 Joined: August 19, 2005 I'm Browsing With Chrome My Board URL http://zbaio.zetabin.com/	So my CSS settings are dependant on the websites I view ? that would be annoying lol



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