Try an interactive search experience with KartOO, Altsearchengines (Sept 9)
Kartoo Technologies in France has developed a new visual search engine. There is this demo site with a topical presentation.
The Kartoo that we used to know with map-like presentation of results as notepads on a desktop has changed. The new interface at Kartoo.com shows results in two ways: a page with three results three at a time, each in its own panel and with a thumbnail shot; and as a map of nodes with connectors. You can toggle from one to the other using two controls in the search bar. There is also a scrolling news bar on the left.
Those are the default settings. You can change everything under Options. There are button-like symbols for changing the content of the sidebar - news, games, topics, images, sponsors. There are other buttons for changing the form the map page takes. There is certainly lots to play with here.
Kartoo also keeps search history.
(Note - entry revised Dec 29, 2009)
Posted by Gwen at September 12, 2009 12:37 AM