PerplexityOutput & Refinement
Perplexity renders search answers with Answer/Links/Images tabs, research steps, follow-ups, export, rewrite, and selection refinement.
Answer tab with structured prose and inline source chips
What's happening
Perplexity treats search output as a report: tabbed views, visible research steps, contextual follow-ups, export formats, rewrite modes, and structured feedback.
Patterns
Rewrite, follow-up chips, and selection-based refinement
Suggested next questions scoped to the current result
UX Insights
- •Answer / Links / Images tabs share one query without re-searching
- •Research steps build trust before prose appears
- •Wrong sources in feedback signals citation-aware triage
Design Decisions
Perplexity spreads refinement across follow-ups and rewrite rather than in-place edit menus, iteration is a new search depth or chip, not a shorter bubble.
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