How many results to display

Elinor Mills reports on CNET news.com that Microsoft is testing a change on the Windows Live search site that would allow us to scroll through results without having to click to go to the next page. Personally, I think it would be an excellent improvement, and I wish they were testing it on the Gadgets Gallery as well. To scan the available 218 gadgets in the permitted groups-of-15 = 13 clicks.

I went to Windows Live and searched on online games to see how "infinite results" would work -- I like it! I spin the wheel on my mouse and the list keeps moving. I'd like the results numbered in-line, but that's just a nice-to-have; the numbered grouping currently visible in the search window is listed at the top of the screen for reference.

"Infinite" is overstating it, I guess. I reached #245 of 147,110,691 and the results stopped. Couldn't keep moving down the list, and no "next page" to get started on the next batch. Well, that's why the site is labelled Beta, yes? I still could have viewed the entire gallery of Gadgets in one screen with this approach.