I've Just Seen a Face Search Interface

August 4, 2008 4:56 PM

facesaerch uses Google Image Search's &imgtype=face parameter to saerch search for faces. via
posted by Knappster (14 comments total)

Well, "Ron Wood" worked.
posted by hal9k at 5:09 PM on August 4, 2008

For some reason I thought this was going to find typefaces, and I entered Goudy. To be fair, the first result was a picture of the eponymous Frederic W. Goudy.
posted by languagehat at 5:09 PM on August 4, 2008

But not very well.

facecuilsaerch results

vs

google &imgtype=face results

Still, I'm glad they have a face search utility. For some reason.
posted by DU at 5:11 PM on August 4, 2008

Dude, Chuck Liddell is hit #2 for pudgy. He's gonna kill us all.
posted by boo_radley at 5:11 PM on August 4, 2008 [1 favorite]

Am I the only one who keeps reading the name of this site as "faeces search"?
posted by jozxyqk at 5:18 PM on August 4, 2008

Just realized that facesaerch also mixes them up or something because the results are different now. The first search had a stony-faced Elvis come up for "happy".
posted by DU at 5:18 PM on August 4, 2008

The about page is way too calculated.

And it doesn't even explain the stupid name.
posted by smackfu at 5:32 PM on August 4, 2008

Google? Real men use GOOSH
posted by yoyo_nyc at 5:40 PM on August 4, 2008

That's one of the more annoying user interfaces I've come across in quite a while.
posted by AwkwardPause at 6:22 PM on August 4, 2008

Why would I want to search for feces?
posted by puke & cry at 6:33 PM on August 4, 2008

Maybe you need something to throw?
posted by louche mustachio at 7:27 PM on August 4, 2008

Foiled by Face Swapper.
posted by tellurian at 8:49 PM on August 4, 2008

Despite its complete impracticality, there's something charming about the scrollwheel.
posted by roll truck roll at 10:30 PM on August 4, 2008

the faces of faeces

happily, does not include pictures of faeces.
posted by not_on_display at 12:38 AM on August 5, 2008