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The Google of 20 years ago was a vastly superior product

nunez 3y ago
the Internet of 10 years ago was vastly superior period
finaard 3y ago
In the late 90s I switched from metager to google as it was just significantly better at locating what you was searching for. I'm now back with metager as it nowadays is significantly better at locating what I'm searching for.
geuis 3y ago
I remember when Chrome first launched. It was such a beautiful product. The first major competitor to IE in years. Now, it's become the king it killed.
- soraminazuki 3y ago
  > The first major competitor to IE in years. You mean Firefox was.
- dev1ycan 3y ago
  Chrome was beyond TERRIBLE compared to Firefox. Firefox: 1)Right click image 2)Save as Chrome: 1)Right click image 2)Can't save as because Google decided so, just like Apple's mentality. Imagine actually utilizing a browser where the maker decides you should not have access to basic features.
  - zamadatix 3y ago
    I just tried this on Chrome from 2010 + current Chrome and both had "save image" when right clicking an image?
    - kristopolous 3y ago
      The person is talking about a css trick. You could avoid the "save as" coming up if you made the image the css background url to an empty square. However, Firefox was smart enough to not be tricked by that. That's the right move if you side with the consumer and the wrong if you side with the producer. Google is fundamentally highly elitist and that's a pretty easy framework to use if you want to guess their actions.
huppeldepup 3y ago
I still miss google code search. Someone know an alternative?
- aeyes 3y ago
  github search, the downside being that you need to have an account
  - gtirloni 3y ago
    Also: https://codeql.github.com https://codeql.github.com
  - vander_elst 3y ago
    Not sure of it's only me but GitHub search is absolutely unusable, it does not find a variable name in the file I have open in the other pane and I can see it exists.
- midoBB 3y ago
  sourcegraph search.
SirMaster 3y ago
Was perhaps the web easier to index 20 years ago though too?
- chankstein38 3y ago
  I'd guess their point was, before they continuously removed features that were useful and optimized for ad revenue.

the Internet of 10 years ago was vastly superior period

In the late 90s I switched from metager to google as it was just significantly better at locating what you was searching for. I'm now back with metager as it nowadays is significantly better at locating what I'm searching for.

geuis 3y ago

I remember when Chrome first launched. It was such a beautiful product. The first major competitor to IE in years. Now, it's become the king it killed.

soraminazuki 3y ago
> The first major competitor to IE in years. You mean Firefox was.
dev1ycan 3y ago
Chrome was beyond TERRIBLE compared to Firefox. Firefox: 1)Right click image 2)Save as Chrome: 1)Right click image 2)Can't save as because Google decided so, just like Apple's mentality. Imagine actually utilizing a browser where the maker decides you should not have access to basic features.
- zamadatix 3y ago
  I just tried this on Chrome from 2010 + current Chrome and both had "save image" when right clicking an image?
  - kristopolous 3y ago
    The person is talking about a css trick. You could avoid the "save as" coming up if you made the image the css background url to an empty square. However, Firefox was smart enough to not be tricked by that. That's the right move if you side with the consumer and the wrong if you side with the producer. Google is fundamentally highly elitist and that's a pretty easy framework to use if you want to guess their actions.

huppeldepup 3y ago

I still miss google code search. Someone know an alternative?

aeyes 3y ago
github search, the downside being that you need to have an account
- gtirloni 3y ago
  Also: https://codeql.github.com https://codeql.github.com
- vander_elst 3y ago
  Not sure of it's only me but GitHub search is absolutely unusable, it does not find a variable name in the file I have open in the other pane and I can see it exists.
midoBB 3y ago
sourcegraph search.

SirMaster 3y ago

Was perhaps the web easier to index 20 years ago though too?

chankstein38 3y ago
I'd guess their point was, before they continuously removed features that were useful and optimized for ad revenue.