Yahoo acquisition to aid Apple searches

Correction 6:18 p.m. PT: I misinterpreted the announcement; Inquisitor founder David Watanabe isn't joining Yahoo.

Inquisitor augments Safari by autocompleting search queries and showing results.

(Credit: Yahoo)

Yahoo has acquired Inquisitor in a move to improve how search results appear on Apple computers.

The Safari browser plug-in offers autocompletion of search queries and shows a pane with search results as users type queries. The plug-in, now in version 3, is a free download.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Inquisitor founder and developer David Watanabe will continue to work with Yahoo on the software.

"I look forward to assisting Yahoo in refining and extending the Inquisitor user experience beyond where it is today.," Watanabe said on his blog.

"David and our team of Macphiles will continue to innovate on both form and function for Inquisitor," Ariel Seidman, director of search product management for Yahoo, wrote in Yahoo's blog posting.

[DavidWatanabe]

"...Inquisitor founder and developer David Watanabe is joining Yahoo."

As I've mentioned on my blog, I am NOT joining Yahoo. I will continue to be involved in this particular project, but I am not joining the company.

Thanks in advance for correcting this error.
David.

[Shankland]

My apologies--I misunderstood the Yahoo announcement.

[gsmiller88]

This is great for us Safari for Mac users that use Y! Search.

[johnalphonse-22167694933540745]

any possibility of working the feature into the Apple site search, which has improved but is still lacking? buggy Yahoo results are Safari's problem if u ask me and it's not compatible with so many things. where to start? Apple is arrogant to make every vendor run around patching for Safari when the problem lies with Safari itself.

[The_Decider]

You think that the results that are gathered on a web server, which might be "buggy" are the fault of a web browser?

[GGGlen]

"buggy Yahoo results are Safari's problem".

That's got to be the single biggest laugh I'll have today!

[Riquez-001]

What a fun life you must have.

[WJeansonne]

Safari's a dog. It won't even display the hyperlinks in the images on my Web site. Also, bold fonts bleed out as well. Apple needs to do a lot more work on it before allowing add-ons.

[AppleSuxLeo]

I did an "apple-search"...they were either green or red , and sometimes a golden yellow.

[benjaminstraight]

Finally something for us Safari Mac users.