Quintura

First day of the great search experiment. Couple of notes on Quintura. This engine uses the Yahoo results to create a search term navigation cloud. The presentation of this is fairly dynamic, updating the results list quickly as you navigate along the cloud. Overall, for the most part, I have not been using the cloud much. This is because the first page of results generally has the a "good hit". When I have needed this functionality, it has been less than useful.

I was writing a email to a friend. When last we spoke, he had mentioned possibly buying a small plane for his personal use. I wanted to ask about the plane, but I could not remember the name of the plane he was considering. I thought the cloud tool might let me "berry pick" my way to the right company. I started with airplane, no luck. I then tried sport aviation, no luck. No matter which starting keywords I used, the cloud never seemed to lead to names of companies. I eventually gave up. I went to Wikipedia and delved into the general aviation section until I found a list of manufactures.

It is a good thing I committed to a month, otherwise I might not use this tool again.