Not sure that I agree that multiple search fields are an unqualified "bad," but I'll concede that they probably aren't appropriate _in this context_, assuming people, discussions, and white papers share the same level of hierarchy.
A complement to a unified, categorized search results page could be showing a version of that search results page as a live popup right under the field. This makes sense for well-defined lists like directories, where people know what they want (e.g. I know I'm looking for 'Carly Fiorina'). This lets people quickly get to what they're looking for without waiting for the results page to load first. - N ________________________________________________________________ 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
