Introduction to Middlespot

Slide 1: Introduction Search, Collect and Share. At middlespot.com, you can do more with your search: • See, Zoom and Pan on screenshots of your results • Collect and store individual results to a personal Workpad • Share your Workpad with a friend www.middlespot.com

Slide 2: Start a Search It’s simple, just type what you are looking for in the search box at www.middlespot.com and click Middlespot takes your Search, sends it to a major search engine, and uniquely displays your results. www.middlespot.com

Slide 3: Your Results Middlespot displays more information about your Search Your search results also Your search appear here as results screenshots of appear here their actual in text webpage When a text result is placed in the orange highlight box, the corresponding screenshot is magnified so it’s easy to find. www.middlespot.com

Slide 4: Select a Result Place your mouse cursor over a screenshot and the corresponding text appears in the orange highlight box Tip You can also click on any text result and the corresponding screenshot will appear magnified in the Lens. To access the website, just double-click on the screenshot or the URL in the text result. www.middlespot.com

Slide 5: Zoom and Pan Interact with your screenshots to help you evaluate your search Zoom Change the size of your screenshots using or your mouse scrollwheel Pan Place your mouse cursor in the lens and click, hold, drag, then release Similar to using online maps, you can zoom or pan the screenshots found inside the Lens (what we call the area that contains your screenshots). www.middlespot.com

Slide 6: Personalize You can personalize the settings and display of your search Text Size Lens Size Change the size of your text to Drag the text window divider across the make it easier to read lens Zoom Change the default magnification level of your screenshots Lens Layout Number of Results Change how screenshots are Change the number of results you get placed in the lens All settings are saved to a cookie in your browser so the next time you use middlespot, your display preferences are already selected. www.middlespot.com

Slide 7: Collect Interesting results can be collected in a personal workpad Using the menu on a magnified screenshot, you can ‘add’ a result to your workpad The workpad is accessed by clicking on the tab at the bottom left of middlespot You can collect results from multiple searches over any period of time www.middlespot.com

Slide 8: Collect You can interact with your workpad through a number of tools New and Rename Zoom Create multiple workpads and Increase and decrease screenshot size name them whatever you like Comment Lens Make personal annotations to each View your collected workpad in screenshot in the workpad the Lens and interact with it the same way you would a search URL Add a url directly to your I just love this car!!! Hopefully someday I’ll buy one. workpad, middlespot will grab a screenshot on the fly You don’t need to sign up or login to use a workpad, just start collecting. www.middlespot.com

Slide 9: Collect You can add to a workpad even if you aren’t on middlespot Middlespot Me This browser plugin lets you add any website and its screenshot to any of your active workpads You don’t need to sign up or login to use a workpad, just start collecting. www.middlespot.com

Slide 10: Share You can send your workpad to friends and colleagues Send your collection of results about an upcoming trip or your favorite hobby to a friend. Once they have access to your workpad, they will see every update you make including adding comments and new screenshots. Workpads make it easy to collect information and share your findings with others www.middlespot.com

Slide 11: Share Your friend or colleague receives the results you’ve collected Any personal annotations I’ve made to each screenshot appears with the text. Only the screenshots I’ve collected appear Workpads are read/write protected so only you can modify your collection www.middlespot.com

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