Comments on: A New Search Experience http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/ Handmade Software Experiences Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: em http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-53506 em Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:01:54 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-53506 this page lacks a title tag http://www.tafiti.com/faq-inner.html#_What_is_Tafiti? the screen shots look logically messy, imo. but i was never a visio / flow diagrams type of guy. it's faster to just scribble notes, ime. all the same i support 'deadends" in research (example: hypercards and predecessors) even the abortion known as myspace may eventually lead to something useful. (-; this page lacks a title tag
http://www.tafiti.com/faq-inner.html#_What_is_Tafiti?

the screen shots look logically messy, imo.

but i was never a visio / flow diagrams type of guy. it’s faster to just scribble notes, ime.
all the same i support ‘deadends” in research (example: hypercards and predecessors)

even the abortion known as myspace may eventually lead to something useful. (-;

]]> By: Walter http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43883 Walter Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:01:11 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43883 Peter: Sorry...as you've noticed, book search is temporarily disabled because of some server-side issues. Keep trying. :) Peter: Sorry…as you’ve noticed, book search is temporarily disabled because of some server-side issues. Keep trying. :)

]]> By: Peter http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43682 Peter Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:28:50 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43682 I still have yet to see a "book" result returned in Tafiti. Am I missing something here or does that aspect of Tafiti simply not work? I've used the examples shown (Great Wall of China, Microsoft) which suggest that there are indeed book results to be had but I'm only shown a blank screen. I still have yet to see a “book” result returned in Tafiti. Am I missing something here or does that aspect of Tafiti simply not work? I’ve used the examples shown (Great Wall of China, Microsoft) which suggest that there are indeed book results to be had but I’m only shown a blank screen.

]]> By: Peter http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43192 Peter Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:20:29 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43192 Thanks for the background on the search settings. Of course the problem I alluded to doesn't lie with Tafiti but rather with Live Search. Readers might want to try an image search with a questionable term to verify the content filtering. Then add another word to the questionable word (use any general word you like) and it seems that you've essentially bypassed the initial filtering. Aside from all that, terrific environment. As someone else also noted, the environment is captivating. It caused me to immediately decide to introduce tafiti to my students. Is anyone at JFM or Microsoft available for an interview for a newspaper column on Tafiti? Thanks for the background on the search settings. Of course the problem I alluded to doesn’t lie with Tafiti but rather with Live Search. Readers might want to try an image search with a questionable term to verify the content filtering. Then add another word to the questionable word (use any general word you like) and it seems that you’ve essentially bypassed the initial filtering.

Aside from all that, terrific environment. As someone else also noted, the environment is captivating. It caused me to immediately decide to introduce tafiti to my students.

Is anyone at JFM or Microsoft available for an interview for a newspaper column on Tafiti?

]]> By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43171 Hillel Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:09:19 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43171 Thanks for writing in Peter. The folks on the feedback alias are probably swamped. I'm sorry they haven't gotten back to you yet. Tafiti is set to the "strict" setting for SafeSearch. Quoting from the Live Search UI that means "filter sexually explicit text results. Filter sexually explicit images using strict filtering." As for things slipping through, I don't know that there's anything specific about Tafiti that would cause this behavior. I will point out that Live Search offers the following warning in its SafeSearch options: "Note: Although SafeSearch uses advanced technology to filter sexually explicit content, no system of this type can be 100% accurate. We cannot guarantee that all sexually explicit content will be excluded." Hope this is helpful. Thanks for getting in touch. Thanks for writing in Peter. The folks on the feedback alias are probably swamped. I’m sorry they haven’t gotten back to you yet.

Tafiti is set to the “strict” setting for SafeSearch. Quoting from the Live Search UI that means “filter sexually explicit text results. Filter sexually explicit images using strict filtering.” As for things slipping through, I don’t know that there’s anything specific about Tafiti that would cause this behavior. I will point out that Live Search offers the following warning in its SafeSearch options: “Note: Although SafeSearch uses advanced technology to filter sexually explicit content, no system of this type can be 100% accurate. We cannot guarantee that all sexually explicit content will be excluded.”

Hope this is helpful. Thanks for getting in touch.

]]> By: Peter http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43163 Peter Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:02:24 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-43163 I'd like to use Tafiti in a school setting but there is a problem with (objectionable) content filtering. While it seems that filtering of some sort is turned on in the underlying search engine, such filtering (for common words) is easily bypassed by just throwing "random" words in addition to the questionable term at the engine. Is this indeed an issue worth raising? I wrote the "feedback" address in tafiti but no one bothered following up. I’d like to use Tafiti in a school setting but there is a problem with (objectionable) content filtering. While it seems that filtering of some sort is turned on in the underlying search engine, such filtering (for common words) is easily bypassed by just throwing “random” words in addition to the questionable term at the engine. Is this indeed an issue worth raising? I wrote the “feedback” address in tafiti but no one bothered following up.

]]> By: Joe Fletcher http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42860 Joe Fletcher Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:13:58 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42860 This is awesome! The entire experience is just great and fun to connect with. This is awesome! The entire experience is just great and fun to connect with.

]]> By: Aliaqua http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42820 Aliaqua Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:21:47 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42820 Hi Nice Words And Nice Experience! Hi
Nice Words And Nice Experience!

]]> By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42755 Hillel Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:35:49 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42755 Steven, to answer your questions, no, no, and no. Steven, to answer your questions, no, no, and no.

]]> By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42699 Hillel Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:46:29 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/21/a-new-search-experience/#comment-42699 Thanks for the nice words. Thanks for the nice words.

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