I see. So the user who scrolls down, and then scrolls back up, would not have to scroll back down again if he decided to see the next page of results, provided the pagination were duplicated at the top.
I think in order to make this design decision I would need to measure the clutter/scroll tradeoff. :) How would you measure it? Thanks! Mike Caskey On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Paul Sherman wrote: > Don't forget about the case in which people are scanning a list or grid, but > after scanning down to the bottom, they decide to go back and review items > higher up in the list. > > In this case - which I have seen play out many times in utesting of web-based > apps - doubling up the pagination and sorting controls at top and bottom is > the right design decision. > > > - - - - - - - > Paul Sherman, Principal, ShermanUX > User Experience Research | Design | Strategy > p...@shermanux.com > www.ShermanUX.com > +1.512.917.1942 > - - - - - - - > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Michael Caskey wrote: > > Can I get some thoughts on pagination at the top of search results? > > I haven't done any research around it, but my opinion this morning is that > pagination should only be at the bottom of the results set, especially when > the results set is taller than the viewport. > > The context of pagination, in my mind, is only relevant when you've reached > the end of the results currently shown, and you want to see more. Also, I > think they clutter the space between the search box and the results. > > Am I missing something? > > Mike Caskey > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
