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Cooliris brings Web image search to the iPhone
Webware.com —
... Over the weekend Cooliris, one of my personal favorite Firefox add-ons released a really slick iPhone application that lets users search for images on Google, Flickr, Yahoo, SmugMug and DeviantArt just like they would on their computer's browser. The big difference is that you're simply able to swipe through the results with your finger, or tip your phone from side to side to navigate which is wonderfully gratifying and natural.
Each search brings in the results in a three-image high wall that goes on nearly forever, and ...
Cooliris brings Web image search to the iPhone
iPhone Approll —
... Over the weekend Cooliris, one of my personal favorite Firefox add-ons released a really slick iPhone application that lets users search for images on Google, Flickr, Yahoo, SmugMug and DeviantArt just like they would on their computer browsers. The big difference is that you're simply able to swipe through the results with your finger, or tip your phone from side to side to navigate, which is wonderfully gratifying and natural.
Each search brings in the results in a three-image high wall that goes on nearly forever, and ...
Yahoo! Search Assist for Image Search
D' Technology Weblog —
... “Search Assist for Image Search” that’ll return images within the actual Search Assist bar for users to preview sample thumbnails for the top related search terms, refine queries. To generate search assist image results, go to Yahoo Image Search and begin typing. If the query is popular enough and can be refined, Yahoo will show images within a different refinement category. So in the example below, the first image on the left, is a refinement option to see [barack obama family] pictures. ...
Ginipic is an image search engine for the web, desktop
Download Squad —
... Ginipic is a desktop utility for Windows that lets you search for images from Flickr, Google Images, Yahoo! Images, SmugMug, deviantArt, Live Search, Picasa, Photobucket, Facebook, and Fotolia. You can search for pictures from a single source, a list of favorites, or all source at once. You can also use Ginipic to search for photos on your desktop. By default it will search your My Pictures folder in the My Documents area, but you can choose any directory to search. When you click on an image in the ...
Oscars fever on Live Search and Yahoo! Image Search
D' Technology Weblog —
... If you’re fascinatied with movies, celebrities, red carpet fashion, and want to know every bit of Oscars; you can head on to Yahoo! Search Image and search for the name of any nominated film or actor to see “Oscars image carousel,” a rolling gallery of the newest photos above the regular search results, with arrows to toggle through the images, reports ...
Product Pulse - March 20, 2009
Yodel Anecdotal —
... Find photos with fast filters: Ever searched for just the right photo but gotten lost in a sea of stuff you don’t want? Yahoo! Image Search has just added a few new filters to hasten your mission. You can now narrow your scope by selecting black & white vs. color, restricting results to images that are either from Flickr or not, or even specifying the dimensions of the shot you’re after. And they promise more cool stuff to come. More ...
Yahoo Takes A Few Steps Out Of Image Search With A Better Preview Pane
TechCrunch —
One of the annoyances of doing image search on Yahoo and Google is the way they’ve both handled image previews. Up until now, when you clicked on a thumbnail image after doing a search, both engines took you to a preview page showing a larger version of the image in a pane at the top and the original Website it appears in below. Like many other frustrated image searchers, I find myself constantly toggling back and forth between the preview page and the original search results page to look for a better image.
Today, Yahoo is taking a few steps ...
New Yahoo Image Search Better Than Google's
ReadWriteWeb —
... to its image search service this morning and the user experience is now better than Google Image Search. Google may have all kinds of special collections (like the new Life Magazine archives) but Yahoo's image search is just more pleasing to use. ...
Can Yahoo Out-Google Google in Image Search?
Today @ PC World —
hoo has quietly updated its Yahoo Image Search preview page with a friendlier interface that displays larger images, and makes it easier to browse related thumbnails. Is it easier to use than ...
Yahoo! Image Search Preview Page Redesigned
D' Technology Weblog —
... Image Search preview page. Now, when you click an image from the image search results page, the top bar opens to reveal a richer and sleeker interface that displays a larger view of the image, more search results, and popular related searches. The new features includes: A search box with search assistance; More image search results; Suggestions based on queries from other users making similar searches. ...
Yahoo! revamps image search
Download Squad —
... Yahoo! has unveiled a new interface for the company's image search engine. The centerpiece is a new image preview bar that opens up when you click on a new image. This preview area lets you continue browsing through thumbnails while viewing the image on its ...
Yahoo Image Search: Now With Creative Commons
ReadWriteWeb —
Yahoo Image Search got a nice update today that allows users to filter search results by Creative Commons (CC) license.
For now, this search only includes CC-licensed images from Flickr, Yahoo's own photo sharing service. The Yahoo Image Search interface actually turns out to be a very nice gateway to the CC-licensed image collection on Flickr, especially because the previews update immediately after you change a filter setting.
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Yahoo! adds ‘Creative Commons Filter’ to Image Search
D' Technology Weblog —
... is making the process easier with Creative Commons license filter that allows you to quickly find images that are available for reuse. When you use Yahoo! Image Search, you’ll now see a checkbox for Creative Commons allowing you to filter for images from Flickr that can be used commercially or that can be modified (remixed, tweaked, or built upon) with restrictions set by the image’s creator. ...
Yahoo Image Search Offers Better Creative Commons Filter for Flickr [Image Search]
Lifehacker —
... tool. While Flickr itself allows for filtering for images licensed for remixing/alteration and commercial use, Yahoo Image Search takes that search a step further, letting you toggle between color and black and white images and, best of all, seek out a specific size: small, medium, large, "wallpaper," or even a custom dimension. [image] In other words, if you need an image of a teddy bear that scales perfectly to your 800x600 brochure template, Yahoo Image Search has your back. You'll want to click on your image results and ensure that the license complies with how you intend ...
Product Pulse - May 29, 2009
Yodel Anecdotal —
... license filter to Yahoo! Image Search to help you quickly identify photos that are OK to reuse or modify. No other search engine saves your bacon that way. Not only do we keep you out of trouble, you’ll never even the see the photos you don’t have permission to use — it’s like Eve didn’t even know the apple existed. More ...
Sightsee Without Leaving Yahoo Image Search
TechCrunch —
Even though Google gets more than three times the amount of traffic, Yahoo Search continues to add some pretty innovative features that that its main competitor doesn’t have. In the past year and a half, Yahoo introduced Search Assist, thumbnail images and preview panes for Image Search. Yahoo even had the ability to search for Creative Commons licensed images before Google. Now, Yahoo Image Search is rolling out a travel image refiner in its search capability, which is definitely worth a look.
So ...
Yahoo Refines Image Search
WebProNews Feed —
... Today Yahoo introduced a new feature for its image search, which lets users refine searches based on specific locations. In other words, if you search for a place, you will get a menu on the left-hand side of the screen that points you to images of different points of interest from that location. ...
Yahoo! Travel Image Search Refiner – Explore Points of Interest
D' Technology Weblog —
... you take a virtual tour of travel spots, when you search for a destination in Yahoo! Image Search by presenting related objects from the real world, giving you more contextual information about your destination. So when you search for Rome, the travel image refiner shows categories for popular destinations such as Colosseum, Pantheon, and Trevi Fountain. Clicking Pantheon tab, will show an overlay of images so you can virtually tour image results for this ancient temple without leaving your original search ...
Flickr Turns Up The Awesome On Image Search
TechCrunch —
... (which is owned by Yahoo, but separate from Yahoo Image Search) has been my default image search engine because that is where I can usually find the best photos. ...
