Swearch: The Applification of Search
November 10, 2010
With the flame out at Ask.com, is search becoming an app; that is, a simple interface that delivers information without the user having to think or do much of anything? We think that for some users, automated search is the future. The app that delivers information without the user having to tap a screen may be a home run. Precision and recall become irrelevant. The users neither knows or cares whether the data go deep. Good enough may be a key factor.
Swearch, a non-native search app for iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad may be a window looking out at the future of search. Swearch is simple and easy. Swearch Is an Elegant Search Webapp for Your iOS Devices” explains that the app is an attractive and convenient way to search the Web. The article says:
Swearch does one thing well, and that’s provide you with multiple simplified search engine pages that you can swipe through like a deck of cards. Save it to your home screen and the icon even has support for the retina display.
It sure sounds like worth trying it, also opening the iOS door to other prospective innovative apps that can cast a similar spell. Command line searching, precision, recall, provenance—irrelevant and boring. The commoditization of search makes this online specialist shiver with joy and trepidation.
Harleena Singh, November 10, 2010
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“…for some users, automated search is the future.”
Key there is *some* users.