Monday, May 09, 2005

Mental Models For Search Are Getting Firmer (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Mental Models For Search Are Getting Firmer (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Deviating from this expected design almost always causes usability problems. Sites that separate out some search results and place them in boxes risk having these links overlooked because users often assume they're ads. Instead, such "best bets" should be the first items in the linear list.

Mozilla and hypocrisy

Right, but what about the experiences that Mozilla chooses to default for users like switching to  Yahoo and making that the default upon ...