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Images: Searching with Kartoo

By Larry Dignan June 12, 2007, 6:00 AM PDT

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Images: Searching with Kartoo

Meet Kartoo

Meet Kartoo

Kartoo takes the usual search results and makes them visual. Items appear as documents and are illustrated in a way that can show relationships between results. From a user interface perspective, Kartoo is a nice experiment. Kartoo is a meta search engine that uses the FlashPlayer to illustrate results. Click to zoom.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

Storing searches

Storing searches

Kartoo does a nice job of retaining previous searches in its Flash format. That makes it easier to see previous searches.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

Sponsored results not overbearing

Sponsored results not overbearing

Sponsor results are prominent in the bottom left part of the screen. But they are formatted in a way that’s not overbearing.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

Connecting the dots

Connecting the dots

Mousing over a result gets you a preview in the left pane. Mousing over the result icon shows you how the terms connect in a Yahoo Pipes-ish format.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

How'd I get here?

How'd I get here?

Kartoo provides an interesting interface at the top level results. To burrow in on an image and video search you’re bounced out to Yahoo’s search. The difference in user interface is jarring. Why not surface these results in the same format as Kartoo’s top level search?

Images: Searching with Kartoo

Save a search map

Save a search map

Any map churned out by Kartoo can be saved for future reference. If you click on save you get a properties box.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

An icon dictionary

An icon dictionary

Each icon in a search result has a meaning. This screen is an overview of what the icons represent.

Images: Searching with Kartoo

What's next?

What's next?

Navigation is done via Maps. The one rub: The navigation pane resides at the bottom right part of the screen. I conducted several searches without even noticing it.

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