First was with an old friend who was confronted with a drop-down box for her relationship status 11 choices.

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Music is not a drop-down box of 11 choices.

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The new Explore Box looks like a Google search box, with the auto-suggest drop down of suggestions as you type a search term.

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Users can also pursue what Brill calls "constrained serendipity" by typing terms into a search box or picking categories through a drop-down menu.

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Start typing letters into the search box and links to posts and topic pages instantaneously begin to drop down.

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