Introducing Ms. Dewey

Ms. Dewey is the new front end of Microsoft Search.

She’s entertaining and comments on search items and goes mad if you leave her alone for a minute or two! Search for President Bush or even gmail for some weird stuff! Try Yo Mama if you dare!

Want to have some fun? You can ask her "your phone". Or maybe do a search for "Eminem". Do you want to know Mr.Dewey? Ask her "where babies come from".

If you don't do anything, you eventually find her telling you:
- Hello. Type Something Here

If you don't get a move on, another chuckle. But how about the search features?
I got told (in words on the screen, not by her):
- Ms. Dewey is thinking

Then after literally a minute, I finally got my answers! The answers come from Windows Live Search. Over there, they come up in three seconds. For the minute Ms. Dewey took, I got nothing special in return. She doesn't read the results to you, nor make them better.

She's kind of funny, but not funny enough for me to spend more than a search or two with her. So go have fun, but I doubt you or anyone will be spending quality and useful time with her.

She flirts, she insults the viewer, she jokes about booze and knives and world domination. SheÂ’s just told me that I need to type in something, so she can Rule the world. If you donÂ’t type anything, she's going to tap a your computer "monitor" and asks, Anyone there?

The fact is that so many of us abandoned Microsoft search engines and became Googlers. Ms Dewey is determined to change that, trust me.

But, that was fun for the first minute only! I guess, she makes you laugh, but is she useful? An attractive brunette is no salve for a dysfunctional search engine.

Also, the Google experimental search engine, SearchMash is worth a look. It's still been developing but it shows promise.

From Wikipedia:

Ms. Dewey is a search engine owned by Microsoft. It also refers to the character of the same name, who is the engine's main subject. The Ms. Dewey website is an Adobe Flash-based experimental interface for Windows Live Search. The interface features a futuristic city as a backdrop with the character on the left side, while the search results appear on the right. Developed by MRM and EVB, Ms. Dewey is a fully animated search assistant who audibly comments on searched keywords in her own style, as well as make random actions when idle. Microsoft is not openly marketing it, as they intend it to be explored by users in the natural way. Janina Gavankar plays the role of the Ms. Dewey character.

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