Comments on: Revised Top 7 extensions (add-ons) for Firefox 3 http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/revised-top-10-extensions-for-firefox-3/ Unless we explore, experiment and discover, we will only be following the crowd. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:11:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Cramer http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/revised-top-10-extensions-for-firefox-3/#comment-7230 Mark Cramer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:08 +0000 http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-7230 @ NAyK - Thank you for giving it a try! The removal of the Google pages was done more for technical than design reasons. The concept of the "page" becomes difficult when you're constantly re-ranking the results. Other than that, we try to be as "discrete" as possible. I'm pleased to hear, however, that you're finding the recommendations helpful! You might have been able to find those results with clever reformulations, but the objective is to remove that burden from the user. The more difficult the search, the greater the onus upon the user to find the right words, which can often be an impossible task. If you have any comments or questions, please email me and it'd be my pleasure to be of assistance. @ NAyK – Thank you for giving it a try! The removal of the Google pages was done more for technical than design reasons. The concept of the “page” becomes difficult when you’re constantly re-ranking the results. Other than that, we try to be as “discrete” as possible.

I’m pleased to hear, however, that you’re finding the recommendations helpful! You might have been able to find those results with clever reformulations, but the objective is to remove that burden from the user. The more difficult the search, the greater the onus upon the user to find the right words, which can often be an impossible task.

If you have any comments or questions, please email me and it’d be my pleasure to be of assistance.

]]> By: NAyK http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/revised-top-10-extensions-for-firefox-3/#comment-7229 NAyK Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48:44 +0000 http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-7229 TO Mark Cramer: Hey thanks for the recommendation of SurfCanyon. I certainly hadn't heard of it until you pointed it out. Honestly... I found the interface strange... ie. it changed a few things in Google and I had to get used to it. Significantly it removed the Google 12345 search options to "NextPage" which is more reader friendly, and yet I miss the Google version. But I must admit that some recommendations were helpful... but again I didn't know whether I would have found them without SurfCanyon or with... Still... I'm continuing to try it... getting used to it... slowly. TO Mark Cramer: Hey thanks for the recommendation of SurfCanyon. I certainly hadn’t heard of it until you pointed it out.

Honestly… I found the interface strange… ie. it changed a few things in Google and I had to get used to it. Significantly it removed the Google 12345 search options to “NextPage” which is more reader friendly, and yet I miss the Google version.

But I must admit that some recommendations were helpful… but again I didn’t know whether I would have found them without SurfCanyon or with…

Still… I’m continuing to try it… getting used to it… slowly.

]]> By: istioselida http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/revised-top-10-extensions-for-firefox-3/#comment-7228 istioselida Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:20:31 +0000 http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-7228 nice list! my favorites add-ons are no script and Ad-block, i find them very useful, specially when you work because you don't have to see all the annoying banners and publicity nice list! my favorites add-ons are no script and Ad-block, i find them very useful, specially when you work because you don’t have to see all the annoying banners and publicity

]]> By: Mark Cramer http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/revised-top-10-extensions-for-firefox-3/#comment-7226 Mark Cramer Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:56:10 +0000 http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/?p=183#comment-7226 Very nice list. Would you mind giving www.SurfCanyon.com a try and giving us your feedback? Thank you! Very nice list. Would you mind giving http://www.SurfCanyon.com a try and giving us your feedback? Thank you!

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