Middlespot May Hit Search Sweet Spot - Creating a Workpad
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At the bottom of the screen you'll find something labeled "my workpads." You'll also find three words: "new," "backup," and "tips." "New" creates a new workpad, so you can have more than one. "Backup" creates a backup to your computer, and "tips" provides helpful hints. But let's say that I want to start a workpad. To choose a particular site to put in my workpad, I need only click the "save to workpad" part of the orange rectangle. It takes a minute, but steampunk god Jake Von Slatt's site in my workpad looks like this:
Actually, it looks a lot better than that, but I had to shrink this section by more than half to get my screen shot of the pane to fit. Don't worry, however, because I'm going to cover all of the options.
Starting from all the way at the left, there is "rename." Clicking that option lets me give my current workpad a name. I got a pop-up window with a blank text box, which I decided to fill with something appropriate:
"Comment" lets you add a comment to your workpad. Interestingly, the text box that came up had a space both for the author of the comment and the comment itself.
"Clear" lets you clear all of the items in your workpad. That can be useful if you've decided your current round of research hasn't been helpful. You can delete individual items from your workpad by hovering over the upper left corner of the screen shot until you see a yellow "M," which will quickly be replaced with a small box that gives you the option to "comment" or "delete." Making a comment here is individual to that particular screen shot. Save the comment, and the next time you hover over it, it will show up as a tool tip.
"Add URL" lets you add a custom URL to your workpad. When you add the URL, Middlespot takes a few seconds to add a thumbnail for the item to your workpad. Oh, and in case I didn't mention, you can go directly to the site in each thumbnail from your workpad; Middlespot opens a new browser for the item, which makes sense if you like to spread out with your research and still see everything.
That's all I have room for in this part. You'll want to come back next week for the conclusion. It's where I explain how to share your workpad, show you some other useful tools on the site, and contemplate Middlespot's future. See you then!
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