Cindy said: "We recommended the continuous/infinit search similar to Microsoft's live search to our product team."
Why? What advantage does this offer over raw and semantically correct XHTML or XML, which loads quickly, can natively incorporate tabular data and everything else you need, is fully searchable from the start, easier to maintain ... ? Seriously, why add complexity when it flies in the face of user expectations and wishes? Why wait for a study or an "expert" to tell you what you've already been told? Granted, my perspective is skewed a bit by designing mostly for the Web and being held to strict standards of accessibility. But again and again, here's what users tell me: "Deliver the goods, and don't be too cute about it." That's especially true for financial data and any other information they consider critical to their daily decision-making. Nielsen and others have confirmed this time and again with careful research. In general (and there may be some really good exceptions, especially in a closed system, but I'm not recalling any right now), I'll say "yes" to server-side scripts because when they're well implemented they can deliver the goods faster or more elegantly -- "includes" can actually _reduce_ the code burden -- and I say "maybe" to client-side scripts because they can impede or completely block some or all users. Not everyone agrees with me, but I'm for standards-based progressive enhancement. It's straightforward and logical, and that usually serves everyone better if the data is also straightforward and logical. It's not that I'm a Luddite; I just don't want to use a cannon when a water pistol will do the job. The immediate impression is not the lasting impression, and the "wow" factor can wear thin very quickly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25287 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
