On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Eugene Kim <v...@mindspring.com> wrote: > Has anyone come across an example of search results which aren't > based on the "base-10" method of displaying results per page? >
My current set of thoughts on numbered results with numbers enabled as accesskeys: - A lot of "good" browsers don't support these, and will display them without making them controls. (Opera Mini, Blackberry) And a lot of QWERTY devices don't support them. And of course devices without keyboards won't respond to them. - For more, check out http://mobiforge.com/designing/blog/accesskeys-thinking-about-them-a-qwerty-world (short version: http://is.gd/vYsK ) - A lot of browsers won't display a 0 next to item 10, so there isn't a value there. - The "good" browsers will typically be able to display more results; if you limit results to only 9 or 10 you are forcing these folks to have more page requests. - For search results or advertising results, most users won't use the accesskey. (There are exceptions, but the exceptions appear to be very unlikely to use the web browser on the phone. ) This is because they have to scroll down to read the results, and most will use the "fire" (OK) button. Summary: for search results, I don't recommend displaying the numbers at all, or displaying the actual result number (e.g., "14") rather than a false accesskey. The more advanced recommendation is to detect the browser type, whether it has a QWERTY keyboard, and some other stuff and display only for a 12-key keypad and maybe also Pocket IE. Recommendations change a bit for sites where you can develop expertise. The Gmail mobile site, for example, probably still has "1" for Inbox and a few other shortcuts. Nice feature. I'm focused on "browser" because you said "WAP phones" ... a phrase that doesn't have a good definition. It's akin to saying a "HTTP computer". As a result, the above assumes you are talking about "feature-phone browsers". For java and other platforms where you have more control, recommendations change a little bit. ~~~~~ Barbara Ballard Skype: barbara_ballard Twitter, Delicious: barbaraballard email: barb...@littlespringsdesign.com 1.785.838.3003 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
