Google Instant Search – Does Speed Matter
by sachin on September 10, 2010
Sure it gives faster results and will get better and more accurate as years progress. But to hype it to a point where people think its the next big thing is ludicrous.
There was the AMD vs Intel processor speed wars. Did it really matter to 90% of the users? If i have to type out a document the speed depends upon my typing speed not on the processor.
The browser Javascript speed wars. It would take us 70s to actually detect a few millionth of a second difference. Does it really matter to have such great browsing speeds? Most of the tabs i have opened up remain unread until am through with my current page.
So how much does speed really matter? Sure it does speed up your access to email, and it does bring us closer to newer ways of presentation to the web. But its only my first tab which made the difference.. really …
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