[/caption]Last week, Google launched its new Instant Search feature. This is supposed to shave off a few seconds off every search you do, resulting in billions of saved seconds for Google users. It basically starts searching as soon as you start typing, this enables you to scan through the results with each letter you type so you can refine your search as needed. It's not necessary to hit enter, this also shaves off some time in your search.
Now, a 15-year-old named Stephen Ou has developed a similar feature for Apple's iTunes. He says that he had been "irritated by iTunes' slow speed because there were always [a] few seconds of freeze/lack every time I was searching for a song/app to download/buy."
His version does basically the same thing as Google Instant, but instead of searching the web, it searches the iTunes store. It gives you results very quickly. I can actually say that it works better than iTunes' current search function.
Another selling point on his instant search engine for iTunes is the clutter free interface. It's simple, and clean, there is nothing confusing, or anything that is completely irrelevant.
It's also web-based, this means that you can use it wherever you go, and also, it's automatically faster than the native iTunes app.
Stephen says that Google Instant didn't really give him the idea. He had been thinking about it for some time, but with the release of Google Instant, he decided that he would really do it, and that it would feature an instant search function.
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Apple did contact him, according to his Twitter account, however, they didn't contact him for a job offer, rather, they just wanted to congratulate him personally. That's still pretty cool, and he already has a head start in the web design world, because he's only 15 and has already made an incredible iTunes search engine.
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