But it looks like they might be finally dumping it.Steven Levy's book, "In The Plex," describes how the button was first created as an expression of Google's supreme confidence that its search results--just one search result--would be superior to that of any other engine.
It might well be that no one actually uses the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button any more, perhaps because so few people in the world actually feel lucky these days.
Still, through the years, the button has served as not merely an example of Google's confidence, but of its essential quirkiness, one that is sometimes sadly buried beneath the company's excessively engineering bent.
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Always wondered this myselfUzique wrote:
was that ever really honestly the point of 'i'm feeling lucky'?
Are you still waiting from an invite sent like 4 days ago? They\re different from the new invites. Google+ is actually allowing you to select INVITE on the Google+ page, not like before where you had to do it through the little circles trick. I have a sidebar saying "Invite People" I also have two accounts on Google+ lol.tuckergustav wrote:
oh, you were on the guest list. prick
Everybody who has to wait in line always hate the ones that walk right in.
Nah, I got an invite yesterday. But, I can't be sure how they sent it to me.Zimmer wrote:
Are you still waiting from an invite sent like 4 days ago? They\re different from the new invites. Google+ is actually allowing you to select INVITE on the Google+ page, not like before where you had to do it through the little circles trick. I have a sidebar saying "Invite People" I also have two accounts on Google+ lol.tuckergustav wrote:
oh, you were on the guest list. prick
Everybody who has to wait in line always hate the ones that walk right in.
yup.
not workin for meKmar wrote:
http://techie-buzz.com/social-networking/google-plus-open-for-everyone.html
Google+ is now officially open to anyone with a Google account
