U Rank: Microsoft Discovers Social Search - Moving, Deleting, Making Notes, and More
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Moving results operates mostly in the way you'd expect, but it doesn't quite go far enough. You can't move a result from the first page to the second page (and vice versa). I tried that with a first page result; the page seemed to keep scrolling into blank space, and when I dropped the result into that space, it wound up at the top of the first page! I also noticed that when I moved results down, the signs of this were a little less obvious. Instead of a yellow rectangle, I got some grey text at the bottom of the entry:
Deleting a result removes it completely. The lower results gracefully slide upward to fill the empty space. However, results from the later page don't scroll onto your current one; your list of results on the page shrinks from ten to nine.
Adding a note works in a way very similar to copying a particular item to a particular search, in that a text box appears in which you type. Let me show you:
When you hit enter after you write your comment, you get grey text under the result that tells you what your comment was and how long ago you made it.
If you want, you can choose to do your searches with no edits. This takes away all of the advantages of using the edits, but it can be useful for other purposes – if you want to make a comparison between what actually turns up and what you think is important, for example. If you ever lose track of what searches you have performed, you can always access your search history:
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