Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Francis Rowland
You bet... specifically for search interfaces, you should have a look at Marti Hearst's book "Search User Interfaces" http://searchuserinterfaces.com/ Her book is also freely available (electronic) on that website... which is cool, since it is a subject I am diving into at the moment! good luck

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Leah Ellison
I'm an avid Smashing Magazine fan and saw this post today. It may be helpful. Good luck! http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/08/principles-of-effective-e-commerce-search/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/dis

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Adam
Here are a three good articles on search from A List Apart: http://www.alistapart.com/issues/292 The first one includes a nice spreadsheet to measure the relevancy and precision of your top keywords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.or

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Paul Pinkney
I found a couple of these patterns helpful. I can speak, in particular, about the "Deactivate Fields" patterns used in the context of a report generation user interface. I added several of my own twists to heighten the usability even more, but it was a nice start. http://www.tim-wellhausen.de/pa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Paul Pinkney
I found a couple of these patterns helpful. I can speak, in particular, about the "Deactivate Fields" patterns used in the context of a report generation user interface. I added several of my own twists to heighten the usability even more, but it was a nice start. http://www.tim-wellhausen.de/pa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Dimiter Simov
Inc. www.netagesolutions.com -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Sam McLeod Sent: Tue, Dec 08, 2009 5:49 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Alex Horstmann
Smashing magazine published a good article on this very subject today: Principles Of Effective Search In E-Commerce Design: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/12/08/principles-of-effective-e-commerce-search/ HTH Akex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Andy Edmonds
Even better, Marti Hearst has published her recent book on search user interfaces online! http://searchuserinterfaces.com/ Marti is responsible for the amazing faceted navigation project called Flamenco: http://flamenco.berkeley.edu/pubs.html > new-boun...@ixda.org wrote on 12/08/2009 12:48:34

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread mark schraad
pick up a copy of peter morville's Ambient Findability ... it's a quick read chocked full of great information. * http://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Findability-Peter-Morville/dp/0596007655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260223795&sr=8-1 * On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Sam McLeod wrote: > I have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread anne_gibson
I found this article by John Ferrara to be very helpful before I started working on Search. http://boxesandarrows.com/view/search-behavior He's got a couple others on Boxes & Arrows worth reading as well. anne new-boun...@ixda.org wrote on 12/08/2009 12:48:34 AM: > I have to do a presentation

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread annemarie hofman
2 very well known authors are; Jakob Nielsen and Steve Krug. If you need academic resources, let me know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47849 _

[IxDA Discuss] Search interface design and usability

2009-12-08 Thread Sam McLeod
I have to do a presentation (at very short notice for a job interview) on improvements to a search interface for clinical data. Does anybody know of any useful resources that focus on the design and usability of search interfaces. Thanks