Today I noticed that Nokia Search had changed since the last time I used it, which I think was when N95′s V30 brought Nokia Search 4. So this might be old news, but it’s enough to cause me to post a sequel to the Comparing Search Methods post!
Anyway, this might be Google’s working since they made web search available on Nokia Search, but the number of screens I have to click thru inside the app to get to the results have decreased from 3 (initial screen > internet > search box) to 1 (just type and go)!
The screen bypassed by using Google
This, together with faster loading make up for a ~20 seconds time from selecting the standby shortcut to actually getting your info. Compared to the results I got last time there is a massive improvement, still not as fast as the Google Search app (shame that it’ll never see a standard standby plugin, with Nokia moving away from active standby in the latest S60v5 phones), but as fast as using a bookmark.
Though there’s still place for improvement. When you see the results, they are still being rendered inside the search app. Which is ok for searching little pieces of info, like what’s the capital of Poland. But it isn’t practical for when you want to go somewhere, for when you click a result to open a website you’ve found, you get another “Connecting…” dialog! That could be bypassed by simply passing the request to Web and making it show the results, making it look just like a normal browsing session.
But still, compare to Nokia Search was a couple months ago, and you’ll see why I’m posting this!
Nokia Search: the return!
Today I noticed that Nokia Search had changed since the last time I used it, which I think was when N95′s V30 brought Nokia Search 4. So this might be old news, but it’s enough to cause me to post a sequel to the Comparing Search Methods post!
Anyway, this might be Google’s working since they made web search available on Nokia Search, but the number of screens I have to click thru inside the app to get to the results have decreased from 3 (initial screen > internet > search box) to 1 (just type and go)!
The screen bypassed by using Google
This, together with faster loading make up for a ~20 seconds time from selecting the standby shortcut to actually getting your info. Compared to the results I got last time there is a massive improvement, still not as fast as the Google Search app (shame that it’ll never see a standard standby plugin, with Nokia moving away from active standby in the latest S60v5 phones), but as fast as using a bookmark.
Though there’s still place for improvement. When you see the results, they are still being rendered inside the search app. Which is ok for searching little pieces of info, like what’s the capital of Poland. But it isn’t practical for when you want to go somewhere, for when you click a result to open a website you’ve found, you get another “Connecting…” dialog! That could be bypassed by simply passing the request to Web and making it show the results, making it look just like a normal browsing session.
But still, compare to Nokia Search was a couple months ago, and you’ll see why I’m posting this!
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