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Adioso strikes me as a company with little social sense. Asking how much I 'value' my girlfriend is just... off. And similarly, the fact their normal site actua

Adioso strikes me as a company with little social sense. Asking how much I 'value' my girlfriend is just... off. And similarly, the fact their normal site actually _admits_ that it has a confusing interface and asks if you want help understanding it is just the oddest UX design I've ever heard of.

tbull007 16y ago
Had to go look at the main site again as this isn't my recollection of it. So yes, there is a small "show search help" link under the main search entry, but I don't see this as an admission of a confusing interface. Feels more like helps there if you need it, but unobtrusive if you don't. I think in the problem domain the Adioso guys are in, this is a fair trade off. Not all first time users would understand the concept of natural language search and would instead be looking for "from and to" dates. What's you suggestion to improve the main site? I think it's pretty good.
- robryan 16y ago
  In the long run to the natural language search is a far better solution for searching for flights.
- mariuskempe 16y ago
  Go to http://adioso.com/search?q=A+hard+search+query http://adioso.com/search?q=A+hard+search+query in an incognito window or similar - you have to have not visited before. A bar comes up at the top of the page saying that the interface "can be a little confusing". I have no thoughts on the interface per se, I just think that if you have to admit that your interface is confusing, you've already lost.
  - thenduks 16y ago
    That only happens if you end up with no results (eg, you didn't really grasp what to search for). Eg: http://adioso.com/search?q=france http://adioso.com/search?q=france -- does not show that bar.
atroche 16y ago
Hopefully most visitors to the mini-site will realize that it's tongue-in-cheek and that the chaps at Adioso don't really believe that love is quantifiable. Although some might be peeved because $500 isn't a small enough valuation of their relationship.
robryan 16y ago
Jewelers run similar type promotions all the time, Apple spam out emails every big holiday letting me know what I can get my loved ones this time round, it's a pretty common angle. The how much do you love is just a good metaphor for the price slider and fits the holiday they are promoting around.

tbull007 16y ago

Had to go look at the main site again as this isn't my recollection of it. So yes, there is a small "show search help" link under the main search entry, but I don't see this as an admission of a confusing interface. Feels more like helps there if you need it, but unobtrusive if you don't. I think in the problem domain the Adioso guys are in, this is a fair trade off. Not all first time users would understand the concept of natural language search and would instead be looking for "from and to" dates. What's you suggestion to improve the main site? I think it's pretty good.

robryan 16y ago
In the long run to the natural language search is a far better solution for searching for flights.
mariuskempe 16y ago
Go to http://adioso.com/search?q=A+hard+search+query http://adioso.com/search?q=A+hard+search+query in an incognito window or similar - you have to have not visited before. A bar comes up at the top of the page saying that the interface "can be a little confusing". I have no thoughts on the interface per se, I just think that if you have to admit that your interface is confusing, you've already lost.
- thenduks 16y ago
  That only happens if you end up with no results (eg, you didn't really grasp what to search for). Eg: http://adioso.com/search?q=france http://adioso.com/search?q=france -- does not show that bar.

atroche 16y ago

Hopefully most visitors to the mini-site will realize that it's tongue-in-cheek and that the chaps at Adioso don't really believe that love is quantifiable. Although some might be peeved because $500 isn't a small enough valuation of their relationship.

robryan 16y ago

Jewelers run similar type promotions all the time, Apple spam out emails every big holiday letting me know what I can get my loved ones this time round, it's a pretty common angle. The how much do you love is just a good metaphor for the price slider and fits the holiday they are promoting around.