Adding People to Circles

One of the great things about Google+ is just how interactive the web page is. Unlike Facebook, which largely involves clicking and selecting (like a regular web page), Google+ enables you to click and drag items.

A great example is adding people to your Circles. If you want to add a person from the Stream to a Circle, you click on a profile photo thumbnail and drag it over a blue Circle icon at the bottom. A green +1 graphic shows that the addition has been successful (if a person is already in the Circle, the photo thumbnail slides back up to the Stream).

It is also possible to add several people to Circles at once by clicking multiple people in the Stream. As you click them, they become highlighted in blue (as shown ...

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