Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Those Little Arrows on FamilySearch Search Results - Tuesday's Tip

Am I unobservant or are those arrows at FamilySearch new?  Do you know the ones I mean?  After you've typed in a name and the search results appear, there are little arrows on the far right side for each name.


















See, on the way far right, below where it says "Preview?"  There are little downward facing arrows.  If you mouse over an arrow is says, "Show Preview."





Look what happens if you click on that arrow.




All the extracted information is shown with a single click.  No need to unnecessarily click back and forth between screens.  By looking at the preview information I can generally tell whether I want to look at the actual image.  If so, I can click on the individual's name.  If I find this is not the person I'm trying to find, I can click the arrow again and hide the preview.

FamilySearch keeps finding great ways to make things easier for us!  Thank you, FamilySearch.

--Nancy.
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9 comments:

  1. Jana Iverson LastMarch 25, 2014 at 10:57 PM

    I noticed those the other day too. If they've been there for a long time already, perhaps I'm unobservant as well. =)

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    1. NancyMarch 25, 2014 at 11:06 PM

      I guess we're together on being unobservant, Jana. See Randy's comment below. I really should sharpen my eyes, I guess! Thanks for leaving a comment.

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  2. Randy SeaverMarch 25, 2014 at 11:01 PM

    I'm sorry to say that they've been there for a long time - at least since the new FamilySearch site came out of the Record Search beta phase.

    You would think that they would point these things out more often, since they are very useful.

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    1. NancyMarch 25, 2014 at 11:04 PM

      LOL. Leave it to me to point out something old! Thanks for letting me know, Randy. Maybe there's at least one other person who doesn't know about them who will find the post useful....

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  3. Randy SeaverMarch 26, 2014 at 12:41 AM

    Been there, done that, Nancy. You never know how a little hint like that will help someone. It already helped Jana! Useful!

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  4. WendyMarch 26, 2014 at 6:59 AM

    Yeah, I noticed them some time ago. But honestly, I often forget to use the arrow, opting instead to click back and forth as if I really expect the information to be different. Still a good tip and reminder.

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    1. NancyMarch 26, 2014 at 11:47 AM

      I don't think I get around enough, Wendy. LOL. I must just be so unobservant. It makes me wonder how much else I miss in my research efforts....

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    2. Renée TOMLINSON PETERSENMarch 26, 2014 at 6:34 PM

      I have never noticed them and no one at the Center has said anything about it. Thank You for posting this.

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  5. Debi AustenMarch 26, 2014 at 1:57 PM

    I've noticed them for quite awhile, too :-)

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