KartOO had an Adobe FlashGUI, as opposed to a text-based list of results. Its color scheme was to a degree reminiscent of Apple Computer's Aqua interface. Search results were presented as a "map", with blob-like masses of varying color connecting each item. On rollover of an individual result a bunch of red lines connected related links. KartOO sometimes helped to narrow down searches with a general topic. Every "blob" clicked added another word to the search query. The map would often succeed in presenting keywords or subtopics that defined the topic one was searching on, very much like an interactive spider diagram.
Historyedit
It was co-founded in France by two cousins, Laurent Baleydier and Nicholas Baleydier. This project was launched in 2001. Most of their advertisement was through word of mouth.
In 2004, KartOO launched a new version called UJIKO (five nearby keys on a keyboard, similar to QWERTY). The interface looked more like a "jukebox" with the linked sites as playlists.
In January 2010 KartOO closed down, removing all content from the KartOO and UJIKO websites, but leaving a small message in French thanking its users for their support. By 2011 that message had been removed.
Ahead of its time?edit
In a review of the service, Juan C. Dürsteler wrote in 2002, "Perhaps visual representations will begin to predominate in information retrieval when they show things that we can not see in the ordered list. The semantic links of KartOO are an incipient step forward in this sense."[1]
The Solar System-like Search Results, where hovering over the planets or satellites gave you the pertinent lines from that web page, and the Genie on the Flying Carpet that interacted with you were innovations unparalleled at the time.
Referencesedit
^Juan C. Dürsteler, "KartOO is a new meta search engine that shows graphically the results it gets. Its technology extends to products oriented towards information retrieval within the corporate world.", August 16, 2002, Inf@Vis!
External linksedit
(now Yippy), from Brigham Young's Center For Teaching & Learning.
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kartoo, kartoo, meta, search, engine, which, displayed, visual, interface, operated, from, 2001, early, 2010, search, resultstype, siteweb, search, engineurlwww, kartoo, wayback, machine, archived, january, 2010, launched2001current, statusclosed, january, 201. KartOO was a meta search engine which displayed a visual interface It operated from 2001 to early 2010 KartooKartoo Search ResultsType of siteWeb search engineURLwww KartOO com at the Wayback Machine archived January 20 2010 Launched2001Current statusClosed as of January 2010 Contents 1 Interface 2 History 2 1 Ahead of its time 3 References 4 External linksInterface editKartOO had an Adobe Flash GUI as opposed to a text based list of results Its color scheme was to a degree reminiscent of Apple Computer s Aqua interface Search results were presented as a map with blob like masses of varying color connecting each item On rollover of an individual result a bunch of red lines connected related links KartOO sometimes helped to narrow down searches with a general topic Every blob clicked added another word to the search query The map would often succeed in presenting keywords or subtopics that defined the topic one was searching on very much like an interactive spider diagram History editIt was co founded in France by two cousins Laurent Baleydier and Nicholas Baleydier This project was launched in 2001 Most of their advertisement was through word of mouth In 2004 KartOO launched a new version called UJIKO five nearby keys on a keyboard similar to QWERTY The interface looked more like a jukebox with the linked sites as playlists In January 2010 KartOO closed down removing all content from the KartOO and UJIKO websites but leaving a small message in French thanking its users for their support By 2011 that message had been removed Ahead of its time edit In a review of the service Juan C Dursteler wrote in 2002 Perhaps visual representations will begin to predominate in information retrieval when they show things that we can not see in the ordered list The semantic links of KartOO are an incipient step forward in this sense 1 Also see Robin Good s Review in MasterNewMedia org June 30 2002 Edited here by Luigi Canali De Rossi http www masternewmedia org 2002 06 30 new visual metasearch clustering engine htmThe Solar System like Search Results where hovering over the planets or satellites gave you the pertinent lines from that web page and the Genie on the Flying Carpet that interacted with you were innovations unparalleled at the time References edit Juan C Dursteler KartOO is a new meta search engine that shows graphically the results it gets Its technology extends to products oriented towards information retrieval within the corporate world August 16 2002 Inf Vis External links editReview of KartOO and Clusty now Yippy from Brigham Young s Center For Teaching amp Learning nbsp This World Wide Web related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kartoo amp oldid 1074049621, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
