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posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday June 17 2015, @11:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the dmoz.org-is-still-around dept.

It's been 25 years since a group of students introduced Archie, the world's first Internet search engine. Since then, search engines have become smarter, faster, and more personalized. Their objectives, however, have remained mostly the same.

"What people use search engines for is what search engines are made for," said Douglas Downey, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science. "Search engines are very good at finding specific Web pages. We wanted to design a search engine that does something very different — one that helps you explore concepts."

On June 16, Downey and his team launched a beta version of Atlasify, a new search engine that does more than respond to queries. It invites users to explore new concepts by automatically generating cartographic "atlases" about subjects of interest. The project is a collaboration with University of Minnesota assistant professor Brent Hecht, who earned his PhD from the McCormick School of Engineering.

http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2015/06/atlasify-search-using-maps.html

[Related]: Blog about Atlasify


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mechanicjay on Thursday June 18 2015, @12:26AM

    Using the "User Agent Overrider" plug-in on Palemoon, I set it to Chrome 30/Linux and was able to access the site.

    Remember to hit the root of the site again as otherwise you're just reloading the "We suck Chrome-cock" page.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 18 2015, @12:43AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 18 2015, @12:43AM (#197623) Journal

    That works perfectly. On Firefox, I have several addons that I love - but I ran into problems with a couple addons, so stripped down to the bare essentials. User Agent Overrrider seems to be working just fine though, despite the fact that the addons page told me it was unsupported.

    Thank you, Sir!

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by dusty monkey on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:24AM

    by dusty monkey (5492) on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:24AM (#197662)

    Not sure why this is modded flamebait. I am running a chrome-based browser that isnt specifically chrome, and the site still demands chrome.

    If thats not sucking chrome cock, I don't know what is.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:45AM (#197672)

      If thats not sucking chrome cock, I don't know what is.

      Maybe it's licking Google's cunt?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @10:09AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @10:09AM (#197742)

        It made none of the complaints you guys mentioned, even with javascript off. Selectively unblocked 3-5 domains of the sites providing scripts and it worked just fine.

        It provided adequate results for my search terms, but had some pinpoints that were VERY marginally related. If you get those, provide feedback like I did. Make a difference!:)