The world of search engines always has something new to offer; whether it's GooglePrint or MSN's Virtual Earth or in this case Yahoo's Mindset. The new Mindset feature adds a new relevance dimension to one's search based on a research facet or a shopping facet.
Mindset seems fairly simple to maneuver through. The big feature on this over much of the other stuff is a slide to adjust the levels of research versus a commercial or shopping side.
So, ones picks a topic, say dual core processors. With the slide set in the middle, the first thing that comes up is a story about the topic in Wikipedia.
When I adjust the slide to the left or the commercial side, the first thing to come up is a AMD on what multi core processors are and their function.
If the slide moves to the right or the research side, stories from 3DBuzz and ITFreaks Internet magazines come up. The other thing is if I click on the links, then it rearranges the order of things. My story, mentioned above with the bar back on the left, moves to 4th place and reference to Dealtime comes up showing the pricing for the various processors.
As far as application goes, meaning how will it be useful in the real world, it's purely speculation at this point. I think I'd like to see more intellectual pieces come up on the research side of things in some cases. If one types in Henry II of England, all you get are Watergate Hotel. With Henry II,
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