Some Google Labs experimental applications:Library 2.0 Activity #23

I tried loading Google Web Accelerator, and my system seemed to freeze up. It didn't seem to speed up my searching. I decided to uninstall it after that. I tried Code Search, and realized that I would have to have a better knowledge of what I was looking for (though I understand that one can doesn't have to do original programming so long as one knows what code to search for). As far as the Experimental Searches go, I particularly liked the Timeline view (since I often want to limit my searches by time period) and the Keyboard shortcuts (I often like to use shortcuts via my keyboard in preference to mouse clicks). Google Trends was somewhat fun, though I had a hard time understanding the relevance of the links that were displayed (I tried, for example, to get a comparison between "pornography" and "genealogy" in terms of their relative popularity as searches on the Net). I thought Google Suggest was the easiest to get used to. It came up with a limited number of hits when I typed in "Casady", though I was familiar with the links. This one might be ready for prime time, especially if they could improve the linkage. I did come away resolving to visit this page more often. I have become particularly excited over all the Firefox extensions Google and others are coming up with. I looked at the Google Transit (one of the Labs Graduates) and hoped UTA would be using it. I haven't evaluated Google Talk or Accessible Search, but feel that much more needs to be done to open up the web to those with impairments.