Comments on: Did Apple Inspire Google? Google Instant is Spotlight for the Web

By: Google’s CR-48 Chrome Laptop is a MacBook lookalike

Google’s CR-48 Chrome Laptop is a MacBook lookalike — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:13:07 +0000

[...] ideas seems to trickle from Apple to Google more often than the reverse; touchscreens, app stores, instant search, tablets, [...]

By: Thursday Morning News | MacTalk Australia

Thursday Morning News | MacTalk Australia — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:00:13 +0000

[...] Conspiracy theorists run amok on OSX Daily, where they think that Google’s new Google Instant technology was inspired (in one way or another) by Apple’s Spotlight. [...]

By: SublimeSparo

SublimeSparo — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:52:50 +0000

Marty – Vista is a blatant attempt by MS to copy OS X, thus they copied Spotlight from OS X Tiger i think it was.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:54:38 +0000

Don’t forget about Windows 7/Vista start menu search box! It gave instant result.

By: qq

qq — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:53:53 +0000

how about facetime vs skype ?

By: Mike Ansen

Mike Ansen — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:27:39 +0000

Really interesting analysis. Not being an Apple guy nor a techy in general I had no idea this is a bit of a derivative technology. Maybe a study of some of the earlier applications will give us an idea of what type of impact Google instant will have in the Google SEO world.

By: bonesb

bonesb — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:27:34 +0000

Maybe it will be one day. Isn’t that why Google hired the guy that created QS (see Google Quick Search Box)?

By: SublimeSparo

SublimeSparo — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:41:07 +0000

http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/index_en.php anyone?
google blatantly ripped this off.

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:20 +0000

This is true, I read about it in the book of Genesis Internet Edition:

“and on the third day, Apple created Instant Search. And then Jobs rested.”

it’s in there, go ahead and look yourself.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:49:21 +0000

As usual, some Apple user thinks Apple invented the instant search.

By: Steven Simmons

Steven Simmons — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:43:19 +0000

Not as good as Quicksilver! Of course, I use the two interchangeable most of the time now.

By: icebreaker

icebreaker — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:51:40 +0000

Spotlight was not the first instant search engine. A very good one, but not the first.

By: MMF

MMF — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:23:09 +0000

I think what google came out with was previously introduced by a developer (unfortunately I don’t remember his name), you can check it in the below link.

http://www.istartedsomething.com/livesearch/#

Regards.