Navigaya is a new search platform that mixes social aspects (music/video
playlists) and federated searching.
The user interface (
UI) kicks some serious butt. Although a little dark on my old CRT, the navigation control that rises from the bottom (much like Apple's OS X Leopard) offer the user visual icons and supporting text to various edited categories. For example, the "design" category opens up a window where one can select from various design oriented Web sites like Core77. Sites open within frames (as illustrated in my picture above). This intelligently keeps the user in the
Navigaya environment.
Navigaya's environment is enhanced through music, video, and community. Users can create and save music video
playlists once they've registered with
Navigaya. The lists can be kept private, or they can be made public. Public
playlists are linked with a rating system, and users can view and play other
playlists based on popularity. User can also search public
playlists by artist or
username. The video plays in the background, and users can control how much one sees through a "dimmer."
Like other federated searching applications,
Navigaya includes some of the most popular search engines. Google, Yahoo!, and MS Live are included.
Navigaya also includes popular sites like
Wikipedia.
Navigaya displays the results in
separate windows (frames), and users can navigate through the results by scrolling within the particular search engines. More search engine results are accessed by clicking on the white arrow to the right of the windows.
Although the information is sometimes hard to
discern on my CRT and the navigation is a little too touchy when I
scroll across my browser to click on other items,
Navigaya creates a cool and inviting environment to conduct search.
http://www.navigaya.com Via:
Brandflakes
