File under: Silly, Web

Search Box Personality Test

About as scientific as many of the online personality tests out there, and probably more revealing: the search box personality test.

(Instructions: go to your search engine du jour, make the entry box active and then press the down button. Then simply screen-grab and publish. Hey presto: everything you’ve searched for recently, and therefore a revealing glimpse into your psyche.)

Searches at www.yahoo.com as of 19.07.2001

The list tells all ...

  Searches at www.yahoo.com as of 13.12.2000

The list tells all ...

NB: it has been pointed out to me that you can only use the above method of grabbing your previous search box information if you are using the infernal IE on windows. Nestcape, Mozilla and Mac users - your choice of browser and/or operating system speaks volumes about your personality already. You don’t need no steeeenking search box personality test. However, if you really want to pretend you’ve taken part, please feel free to use the alternative (non IE) search box personality test mockup, developed especially for you:

The list tells all ...

NB#2: Apparently that little drop down box thing only appears if you’re using IE 5.5. What can I say? I despair of trying to provide stimulating interactive content for a technically fragmented web audience.

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