New search.msn.com UI

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:58:10 GMT

There seems to be a nice update to the look and feel of the search.live.com (or search.msn.com?) site. Could this be the future live.com (since the "personalized experience" of live.com will move to my.live.com in mid-April)? Well anyway, here it is:

Observations
- Lots of blue
- Some green
- Huge search bar (what's up with Microsoft and oversized search bars?!)
- Mini link menu at the top
- What's up with the green spyglass search button inside the search bar?

- Albert

New Live Search feature finally implemented: "Refine by"

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:26:25 GMT

I just got back from a very strenuous and fun weekend, but I thought this post deserved some of the little time and ounces of energy I have left for today.

So it seems like those features that were long promised to be able to "refine" image search results based on color, face, etc., have finally been implemented in the Live Search UI (some of these little "refinements" were available via adding an instruction word before your search query). Here are some screenshots for your enjoyment.

We can see that the new "Refine by" section has been added above the "Related People" Live Search tool.

Here is a close-up of the "Refine by" section.

This shows results with the "Face" refinement. Clearly, it did a very well job.

- Albert

WYNK: What You Need to Know: Live Search

New search.msn.com UI

New Live Search feature finally implemented: "Refine by"