Comments on: The Silverlight is on Microsoft’s new search tool tafiti http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/ Bob Walsh Wed, 09 May 2012 20:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt Dickman http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24542 Matt Dickman Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:22:35 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24542 Bob -- Thanks for the link and I'm glad you liked the video. I run a MacBook Pro as well and had about the same install time as you. I just think that it's a stretch to make people install another plugin when Flash does nearly the same thing from a UI standpoint. Nice summary post! Bob — Thanks for the link and I’m glad you liked the video. I run a MacBook Pro as well and had about the same install time as you. I just think that it’s a stretch to make people install another plugin when Flash does nearly the same thing from a UI standpoint. Nice summary post!

]]> By: Big Buttons http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24541 Big Buttons Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:32:27 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24541 Unimpressive. A. It's slow. It took 15 seconds to bring up the UI, and this on a completely idle quad core box with 2GB ram and a T3 internet connection. B. It forced a browser reboot even though I already have a full .Net 3.0 installed. C. Its scrolling behavior is less than smart. D. It drew the yellow sticky notes off screen and did not add a horizontal scroll bar to get to them (and my browser windows was already 900 pixels wide). E. The UI is twitchy and visually disconcerting. F. Google produced better results in far less time. G. Its esthetically ugly. Its a mish-mash of 1930's desktop and modern soft graphics. In summary, its "cute," but there's no steak with this sizzle. There have been some very compelling .Net 3.0 applications, but this isn't one of them. Unimpressive.

A. It’s slow. It took 15 seconds to bring up the UI, and this on a completely idle quad core box with 2GB ram and a T3 internet connection.
B. It forced a browser reboot even though I already have a full .Net 3.0 installed.
C. Its scrolling behavior is less than smart.
D. It drew the yellow sticky notes off screen and did not add a horizontal scroll bar to get to them (and my browser windows was already 900 pixels wide).
E. The UI is twitchy and visually disconcerting.
F. Google produced better results in far less time.
G. Its esthetically ugly. Its a mish-mash of 1930′s desktop and modern soft graphics.

In summary, its “cute,” but there’s no steak with this sizzle. There have been some very compelling .Net 3.0 applications, but this isn’t one of them.

]]> By: kedge http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24518 kedge Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:44:43 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24518 I figured it out, it's a server-doesn't-like-firefox thing. Without "www." firefox prompts for a user name then gives you a standard access denied page from iis when you click cancel. This doesn't happen on the "www." site, and with IE it doesn't matter which one you hit. I figured it out, it’s a server-doesn’t-like-firefox thing. Without “www.” firefox prompts for a user name then gives you a standard access denied page from iis when you click cancel. This doesn’t happen on the “www.” site, and with IE it doesn’t matter which one you hit.

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24516 Bob Walsh Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:22:36 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24516 http://tafiti.com/ (the link in the post) works just fine Kedge. Perhaps it was down when you tried it. http://tafiti.com/ (the link in the post) works just fine Kedge. Perhaps it was down when you tried it.

]]> By: kedge http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24511 kedge Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:09:22 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24511 Your link doesn't work. You need to go to http://www.tafiti.com to actually get to the site. Your link doesn’t work. You need to go to http://www.tafiti.com to actually get to the site.

]]> By: Ben http://47hats.com/2007/08/the-silverlight-is-on-microsofts-new-search-tool-tafiti/comment-page-1/#comment-24506 Ben Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:01:37 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=436#comment-24506 Did you see www.quintura.com? It looks quite similar. Did you see http://www.quintura.com? It looks quite similar.

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