Google has just launched Google FastFlip, a new way to search the web. FastFlip can be used without signing in, and there are a lot of suggested categories for the user to scroll through by subject and genre. When performing a search, the user will see a gallery-like display of the pages. When you select one of the pages by clicking on it, you can then flip to the next or last result using the arrows on the right and left sides of the current page you're looking at. Additionally, you can save things you are interested in by clicking on the "Like" button to the right. The system will learn what stories have interested you in the past and use that information to select the first articles more effectively. The best part about this? There is a mobile version! Currently confirmed to work on Android and iPhone.
Check it out at the FastFlip GoogleLabs page.
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I like this. I bookmarked it immediately on my g1.
I too like this a lot. The speed alone makes it really convenient for browsing articles while in a waiting room, restaurant, etc.
I am curious to see if they make the page previews a little smaller so you can have more on one page or if that will considerably slow it down. I'm basically thinking of the Image Search on Bing.com style.