For a social searching type service, you might look at how
http://www.yubnub.org does it.
They even have a search plugin for firefox.
I search with a Ctrl+K to get to the search box and add a shortcut to the
front of my search to select which search to perform:
gg is google
dict for a dictionary look up...
often I can guess what to use...
flickr does a search on flicker,
gis does a Google Image Search.
A way to model these in del.icio.us would be very useful.
-Rob
On 10/18/06, Mislav Marohniæ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here are my thoughts on the feature from a usability (speed, ease of
> use)
> perspective.
>
> Compare having an Urban Dictionary search ("slang") in both browser and
> del.icio.us bookmarks:
>
> 1. In the browser (Firefox), you would type CTRL+L, "slang w00t";
> 2. In del.icio.us, you would either:
> 1. Navigate to Del, go to a certain tag or system:shortcuts,
> locate the (overly sized!) input box, click on it and type "w00t";
> 2. Navigate to Del, click on the search box, type "!slang w00t"
> and wait too much;
> 3. Type CTRL+K (focus on the browser search bar) and write
> "!slang w00t", only to realize del.icio.us wasn't selected as a
> search engine and that you are now searching Google or something else; or
> 4. Click on the search bar icon to select del.icio.us as a
> search engine from a drop-down menu, write "!slang w00t" and
> wait too much.
>
> Having laid out these options, I'm now proceeding to the obvious
> conclusions:
>
> - Inline search form in item listings is big, obtrusive and certainly
> the slowest way to access your keyword searches.
> - Almost all approaches to keyword searching with Del require a mouse,
> except for the scenario when Del is already selected as the engine in the
> browser (few people know about F4 / Alt+up/down, really).
> - Keyword searching via Del from the browser search bar currently
> seems to be the fastest method (not counting native browser searching),
> therefore likely to be preferred by users.
>
> My suggestions are:
>
> - Don't show the search form in item listings by default. Instead,
> hide it, visually indicate that the item is a keyword search and provide a
> link (with the text "search") that dynamically opens the input box and
> focuses on it.
> - Speed up those redirects when keyword searching over Del search.
> - Enhance the Del Firefox extension with a feature to import all
> keyword searches from Del to browser bookmarks (and vice versa).
>
> --
> Mislav
>
> On 10/17/06, l.m.orchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<lorchard%40yahoo-inc.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > In the meantime, what do you think? What would make this feature more
> > useful?
> >
> > For example, I've got the search forms automatically visible so that
> > you can quickly click on them and enter text for a search. However,
> > would it be less confusing if the forms were hidden until you clicked
> > on the bookmark? Better in a popup? Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
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>
>
>
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