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Leap Thinks that a Visual, Social Approach to Search can Unseat Google from its Throne

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday June 29 2014, @08:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the Better-Mousetrapt dept.

AnonTechie writes:

What do you think ? Do you think this approach is better than Google ?

When you do a Google search, before you scroll down there's a good chance your screen is mostly just filled up with ads. If this were to launch today, would you use it ? Like, seriously use it ? Sure, it's accessible. But there's a thick layer of commercial imperatives, quality judgments and assumptions that lie between you and the information that you get to see.

Leap.it results come up displayed on cards. For each search, it integrates social links, searching into Twitter streams, with real-time news and historical information. It's like Google, plus Google News, rolled in with a Twitter search. If you log in and create an account you can curate and share your own search 'perspectives' with others.

http://pando.com/2014/06/27/leap-it-thinks-that-a-visual-social-approach-to-search-can-unseat-google-from-its-throne/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Marneus68 on Sunday June 29 2014, @08:37AM

    by Marneus68 (3572) on Sunday June 29 2014, @08:37AM (#61557) Homepage

    I absolutely hate this kind of wall of cards approach. Sure it's better use of my screen, but it's very unsettling to see these results all over the place.
    In that department I think DuckDuckGo [duckduckgo.com] is doing it right. They have the right balance of visual and textual results to a query.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Horse With Stripes on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:02AM

    by Horse With Stripes (577) on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:02AM (#61568)

    It's a little odd, and it uses lazy loading (at least on my tablet) so there's a delay every time I scroll. The card approach in a UI is fine for limited options and/or 'flipping' for more information. When everything is a card it's a bit of a mess - especially when they are a variety of heights and look staggered.

    The quality of search results, and the ordering, definitely needs improvement.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:25AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:25AM (#61574)

      I hate this kind of layout when I want to scan for information. It's the same with the facebook/google+ multi-column presentation: instead of following a linear sequence of objects, my eyes have to jump between columns and alternate between irregularly sized blocks.