Also keep in mind your sort options. If a very large result set is
returned and users are unable to adequately refine or sort, I've
often seem them jump to a middle page to see if that is closer to
their desired pinpoint. We often see this on real estate sites where
customers have entered a price of $0 or requested "Call for Price".
Rather than sift through pages of "Call for Price", I see users sort
by price and then randomly pick an interior result page to see the
price ranges on that page. This is all done before they scroll down
the page.
Wow, that sounded convoluted, my apologies if I confused anyone. You
may have complete control over the refine and sort, but we often hit
business rules that hinder the optimal search and result features.
Thanks,
Erin
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On Dec 31, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Paul Sherman wrote:
Off the cuff I can think of a couple ways to operationalize a quick
test.
But honestly, I probably wouldn't test it. There are plenty of good
pagination design patterns in the wild that wouldn't add any
significant clutter.
-Paul
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On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Michael Caskey wrote:
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.
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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
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