Comments on: Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/ The Apple Blog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:32:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: therepguy didnt read the instructions! http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116668 therepguy didnt read the instructions! Tue, 13 May 2008 21:43:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116668 ohh my god! You lost your exposure to Google! What are you going to do???! Easy, go to safari preferences, inquisitor, edit sites, and change the return key to Google Tip: I have return key default to yahoo, and ctl+return to google. That way I can use both of them ohh my god! You lost your exposure to Google! What are you going to do???!

Easy, go to safari preferences, inquisitor, edit sites, and change the return key to Google

Tip: I have return key default to yahoo, and ctl+return to google. That way I can use both of them

]]> By: Colin Devroe http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116632 Colin Devroe Mon, 12 May 2008 16:26:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116632 I'm not sure how the strategy isn't as obvious as sunlight. therepguy nails it in his "complaint" about "you lose all direct exposure to Google in exchange for Yahoo". Ding, ding, ding! Yahoo's strategy. I’m not sure how the strategy isn’t as obvious as sunlight. therepguy nails it in his “complaint” about “you lose all direct exposure to Google in exchange for Yahoo”. Ding, ding, ding! Yahoo’s strategy.

]]> By: therepguy http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116602 therepguy Sun, 11 May 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116602 Well folks, I tried it and it had it's good points and it's bad ones! First off it's all about Yahoo... once mounted you lose all direct exposure to Google in exchange for Yahoo. Secondly, it auto mounts and there is no direction as how to dismount the program... it took me about two hour to manually find and trash the program... ended up going through most of the Library, file by file till I found the folder. Good news, once found, it only took a short trip to the trash followed by a flush and a restart in order to get my Google back. Bottom line... this a Yahoo's attempt to gain market share albeit a shallow one... Think of it as a commercial Trojan Horse... I vote NO! Well folks, I tried it and it had it’s good points and it’s bad ones!

First off it’s all about Yahoo… once mounted you lose all direct exposure to Google in exchange for Yahoo.

Secondly, it auto mounts and there is no direction as how to dismount the program… it took me about two hour to manually find and trash the program… ended up going through most of the Library, file by file till I found the folder.

Good news, once found, it only took a short trip to the trash followed by a flush and a restart in order to get my Google back.

Bottom line… this a Yahoo’s attempt to gain market share albeit a shallow one…

Think of it as a commercial Trojan Horse… I vote NO!

]]> By: Yahoo! kauft Inquisitor - apfelquak http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116588 Yahoo! kauft Inquisitor - apfelquak Sat, 10 May 2008 07:35:47 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116588 [...] Beinahe wäre mir mein iPhone erneut aus der Hand gefallen, als ich das heute morgen auf The Apple Blog gelesen habe. Wenn ich mit allem gerechnet habe - damit nicht. Ähnlich geht es dem Autor auf [...] [...] Beinahe wäre mir mein iPhone erneut aus der Hand gefallen, als ich das heute morgen auf The Apple Blog gelesen habe. Wenn ich mit allem gerechnet habe - damit nicht. Ähnlich geht es dem Autor auf [...]

]]> By: Yahoo Acquires…. « Ladgeful http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116558 Yahoo Acquires…. « Ladgeful Fri, 09 May 2008 23:21:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116558 [...] pm on May 9, 2008 | # | Yahoo has just acquired… A plugin… For, wait for it Safari… [...] [...] pm on May 9, 2008 | # | Yahoo has just acquired… A plugin… For, wait for it Safari… [...]

]]> By: 2Shae http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116550 2Shae Fri, 09 May 2008 19:58:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116550 All I wonder is how much *ching ching* he got from Yahoo. :P All I wonder is how much *ching ching* he got from Yahoo. :P

]]> By: Ronald Heft http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116548 Ronald Heft Fri, 09 May 2008 19:25:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116548 I'm thinking they may be interested in porting Inquisitor to Firefox. By making it a Firefox extension, Windows users could use it as well, and if Yahoo is the default engine, a chance for more searches through Yahoo. I’m thinking they may be interested in porting Inquisitor to Firefox. By making it a Firefox extension, Windows users could use it as well, and if Yahoo is the default engine, a chance for more searches through Yahoo.

]]> By: Goobimama http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116547 Goobimama Fri, 09 May 2008 19:13:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116547 Or maybe now that they own some kind of patent for that kind of searching, they will implement it in some kind of ugly yahoo search toolbar for Windows. Or maybe now that they own some kind of patent for that kind of searching, they will implement it in some kind of ugly yahoo search toolbar for Windows.

]]> By: galley http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116546 galley Fri, 09 May 2008 19:07:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116546 Perhaps they want to incorporate the technology into their page-based searches. Perhaps they want to incorporate the technology into their page-based searches.

]]> By: Travis Vocino http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116545 Travis Vocino Fri, 09 May 2008 19:05:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116545 Inquisitor is beautiful. Probably one of the nicest browser plugins ever. I think it's safe to assume Yahoo won't do much of anything with it for a while. Especially if some of their other more left-field acquisitions are any indication. My guess is it was a relatively inexpensive buy with a good payout for Yahoo in building trust with Mac users. We are notoriously fanatical about companies that support us, as well as being historically early-adopters. Apple users are a great market to have on your side. We might see more "personality" acquisitions in the future. Inquisitor is beautiful. Probably one of the nicest browser plugins ever.

I think it’s safe to assume Yahoo won’t do much of anything with it for a while. Especially if some of their other more left-field acquisitions are any indication. My guess is it was a relatively inexpensive buy with a good payout for Yahoo in building trust with Mac users.

We are notoriously fanatical about companies that support us, as well as being historically early-adopters. Apple users are a great market to have on your side. We might see more “personality” acquisitions in the future.

]]> By: Steve http://theappleblog.com/2008/05/09/yahoo-acquires-inquisitor/#comment-116544 Steve Fri, 09 May 2008 18:54:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3190#comment-116544 It is a pretty impressive plugin, not sure what they plan on doing with it, using it to get more people to search with yahoo by making yahoo the default search? I am sure (read i hope) they will also adapt it to other browsers since I recently switched to Camino and miss it. It is a pretty impressive plugin, not sure what they plan on doing with it, using it to get more people to search with yahoo by making yahoo the default search? I am sure (read i hope) they will also adapt it to other browsers since I recently switched to Camino and miss it.

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