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Lots of developers in this thread saying users aren’t technical and don’t want literal search. I’ll need evidence before I believe these assertions. I think u
by andrewstuart 4y ago
Lots of developers in this thread saying users aren’t technical and don’t want literal search.
I’ll need evidence before I believe these assertions.
I think users want literal search first.
- satvikpendem 4y agoTalk to a group of ten or a hundred non technical people, do a comparison of a literal search engine versus a non literal search engine and record their satisfaction rates.
- andrewstuart 4y agoIt's your assertion - have you done that research?
- satvikpendem 4y agoAnecdotally? Yes, but since it seems you want evidence which my mere mentioning of anecdotal experimentation is likely not to suffice for your edification, feel feel to conduct the same experiment and find the same findings as I have.
- simonw 4y agoAre you assuming that Google and other providers of search interfaces haven't done this research? What's in it for them not to figure out what users want and deliver it?
- ManlyBread 4y agoI hate this line of reasoning because it assumes that these companies are always making decisions that are correct and rational. Large corporations do stupid stuff all the time and ruining search is one of them.
- relativ575 4y agoBut all, or majority of them? Can you give an example of a search function of a prominent website that provides literal search capability front and center?
- prewett 4y agoI think user interface research these days consists of A/B tests, not talking to actual users. At least, given how user-hostile so many products are these days.