IE8

is probably last in the history of browsers thus far to include crash recovery.  And yeah, it still crashes an awful lot.   IE6, for me, has certainly been the best of the bunch from the guys up there in Seattle.

Google again...

Got some good free time yesterday and so I ventured into organizing my google homepage a bit. There was a new "Themes" section that I found new even though it has been there for a month or more now :-)

Here comes the best part. I chose a theme and after clicking save, I was asked for my zipcode and boy, the theme would change itself according to the weather based on zipcodes!

Here is a sample... One late in the afternoon and one at night.

This is indeed holy crap!

Oh my God!

Check this one out!

கோவம் வந்தா என்ன கத்தக்கூடாது சொல்லிட்டேன்!

Online Tamil Keyboard

I was looking out for online தமி்ழ் keyboards to put up some vetti status messages in my messenger and came across this. KG sugested this one some time back and I've been using that ever since.

The tamil.sg keyboard appears more adaptive and corrects the spelling of the word as and when we type. Also all the tamil letters especially the "உ" forms of appear as its supposed to be unlike other online keyboards.

Check out... tamil.sg works only in IE.

Googly for Google?

At last a competitor for Google?? Here comes previewSeek, a super search engine that uses Bayesian statistical data mining, word-sense disambiguation, cognitive visualization theory, heterogeneous database querying technologies, and behavioral psychology all made possible by 20+ yrs of research into AI. Well, thats what the developers in UK have to say about this -> About Previewseek

Aha! Getting toooooo technical isn’t it?. Namma cosmic energy coupled with atomic energy thaan nyabagathukku varuthu :-).

Previewseek categorizes search results by relevance. I did a search on Mainframe and boy, I had results categorized beautifully on the left, into Computers, Systems, Technology, COBOL, Users, H/w, Downloads and many more. So if I need something about the latest info on Z/OS, I would just click Technology and look further. Sounds cool isnt it? Thats AI for you. If you would like info on Java, here we go. Java as coffee, the programming language, as the Indonesian island etc., That would perhaps make previewseek, once launched, a cut above the rest. Yes yes, its still a beta version.

And once you get the search results, there is a micro screenshot of each search result. Hmm... So looks like these guys are all set to give Google a run for its money. Lets wait and watch. After all, this healthy competition is going to make life absolutely easy for mankind. :-)

Check it out… Previewseek