Microsoft's new "lasso" feature lets you circle a word, or group of words to start a search with them.
(Credit: Microsoft)Microsoft is rolling out a new version of its native application for Apple's iPad today that aims to ditch the need to use Apple's built-in copy, paste feature with a new user gesture.
That new gesture, dubbed "Lasso", has users drawing their finger around any word or words on a Web page to start a new search from that selection. That's versus selecting those same words with a tap, drag and button press using iOS' built-in copy, paste tool, or manually typing them into the search box.
In a blog post announcing the new feature, Bing group program manager Tony Chor says that "many searches" start searches from content users see while browsing the Web, and that this feature eases that behavior. The data behind that claim is that users can save up to nine steps with Lasso compared to having to use Apple's copy, paste method, Chor said.
Along with the Lasso feature, the company's app is being updated to let users go back to see the past week's worth of Bing homepage images, as well as see multiple days worth of movie showtime listings at once.
Microsoft released its Bing application for iPad back in April. Chor the app update with the Lasso feature should arrive later today as a free update.
Originally posted at Apple Talk
Josh Lowensohn 06 Jul, 2011--
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20076888-248/microsoft-skips-apples-copy-paste-with-bing-lasso/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheDownloadBlog
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