BACKGROUND
On May 24th, Yahoo! announced its new light-weight browser, Axis. Axis is a plug-in to desktop browsers and a stand-alone app on mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad. It’s only available in the U.S. and is still in development for Android devices. Axis combines searching and browsing. It populates instant answers and highly-visual previews as searchers type. On mobile devices, Axis’s visual experience has received rave reviews; CNET wrote, “On the iPad, Axis is simply a great browser. The integrated search feature is intuitive, and being able to move through search results without having to go back to search makes sense”:
Axis works slightly differently on desktops. People use their preferred browser, and the Axis search box sits on the bottom-left corner of the user’s window, expanding as the user searches:
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