I can only think of two situations where this interaction would be valuable, neither of which is demonstrated in the sample: 1. where the current content of the page was still visible and in some way helped contextualize the search results, or 2. where the original page was dynamic and took a really long time to load, such that navigating back to the point of origin would be problematic And there are plenty of less fancy but well-proven methods for addressing both of those. So I'd pass on this implementation. Dante Murphy
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Eugene Kim Sent: Wed 2/6/2008 8:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Displaying search results Hi, I'm Eugene and I'm an IA for IGN Entertainment. Prior to this, I spent several years as an Interface Designer and IA at EarthLink. I've lurked for quite some time and posted a couple job postings here and there, but I figured now is a good time to get more involved. I'd like to get your opinions on overlay methods for displaying search results. For example, check out http://www.google.com/cse/samples/overlay.html. I don't know if it really has value for static pages, but with media such as audio and video I envision this allowing the user to multitask effectively without cutting off the media stream. But is search so standardized that something like this could become a distraction? Please post any other examples you've come across. Thanks, Eugene ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
