Have you seen Ms. Dewey yet? She’s a human face for search. Far as I can tell it’s MSN’s search results with a twist.
That twist is Ms. Dewey who is played by actress Janina Gavankar. Enter a query and before she gives you the results she’ll make some “clever” remark about your search. Note “clever” is quoted. The remarks tend towards the flirtatious for no reason that I can tell.
Is it useful? Not anymore so than a regular text-based search engine.
Is it memorable? Yeah.
Is it cool that a librarian is the face of search? Damn straight.
Did it crash my browser? Yes.
Is it offensive because she’s an attractive woman? You decide.
What does it all mean? I think it’s a viral campaign to get attention. Good thing I didn’t fall for it.