I'm really enjoying this discussion. To my mind it depends on the degree of complexity and context of information within the site to create a balance of search methods.
Related to context, users using search is inversely proportional to context. The greater the context the users' need affords (a small site focusing a specific needs) the less the user relies on search... and they tend to use alternative search methods: navigation, labels, imagery, copy to locate the information. No doubt I'm sure there are caveats to this notion? -- Rob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45983 ________________________________________________________________ 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
