showoff - the things you have built

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post in this thread latest things you built. if the discussion goes long, fork a separate thread.

maybe if this threads gathers traction, admins can make it sticky.

i will start by posting the first thing in a next post (not using same in case it needs to be forked)
 
split search

pain point:

i use my google search box as a shortcut to the web. atleast 95% of my queries are things i know where to find and might have even used them in the past but too lazy to goto site and browse to that link. Lets take a simple example, i want to see the imdb rating of dark knight so that i can decide whether i should buy the dvd or not.

case 1:

* goto imdb.com
* search for dark knight
* click on the search results and open the movie page

case 2:

* search for “imdb dark knight†in my search box in browser
* click on the search results and open the movie page

so normal method is 3 step. using google search is 2 steps. can we make it 1?
solution:

enter split search.

splitsearchpreview.png


the above is what you see when you search for “imdb dark knight†on split search. the screen is split into two columns with left hand side showing the actual search results and right side opens up the first result so that you can directly see the info you want. so 1 step search now :) .
how to use:

click here and try out the search. if you like it, you can directly add it to your browser (almost all supported) by clicking on “add to browserâ€.
technologies used:

* for search backend, i am using yahoo boss
* running on google app engine
* used the code from 4hoursearch as starting point
 
you have to go to the google homepage to do that. so that adds one step.

this project of mine was more of a learning project (google app engine and yahoo boss) then anything else. but i liked it so much that i have been using it since then, so decided to put together a write up and share
 
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