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It didn't return any results, regardless of what I entered :)
by dylanz 17y ago
It didn't return any results, regardless of what I entered :)
- icey 17y agoSame here: IE8 on XP, FF 3.5.7 on XP, FF 3.5.7 OSX and Safari 4.0.4 OSX Edit: Ohhhhhh I get it now; you have to enter your search term, hit the search button, and then select which portal you want to search through. I think the interaction needs some work, but I do like the paging between the search engines. I'm not sure if I would want to do that a lot, but it is kind of novel (to me at least).
- m0th87 17y agoYou have to click one of the links below the search box after you run a query. The fact that people are confused means that is certainly a usability issue though.
- carbocation 17y agoIt might be nice for the search to default to a (random?) one of those 5 search engines. Then, depending on where you plan on taking this, it might also be nice to see the names of all 5 in the brown strip running across the top of the page so I can immediately choose which one I want results from. In this way, I would get my results immediately (basically a necessity due to user expectation), but I would still be able to quickly choose among the other options after seeing the initial search results.
- ismarc 17y agoI'd actually suggest showing the top result for each search engine with an AJAX "show more results from X". Maybe top 2-3 results.
- rokhayakebe 17y agoYes, that is the big non starter I guess. You need to click on a link after submitting a search, then you can easily navigate between other vertical search engines.