At the end of the day, the approaches listed here are part of our toolbox that we choose appropriately, based on the context.
But regardless of the approach, we agree that you need to find the right chunk size to start with. How many results are enough before someone is satisfied that they've exhausted what is available? How much is too much before people's eyes start glazing over? The number will be different based on the type of information and the nature of the search. For certain searches in the financial space, for example, people flip quickly through the first chunk of results and quickly go back to revise their search several times. The "endless scroll" works in some cases, but I find it gives an unsettling "where's the bottom??" feeling, because the scroll thumb, which used to be a good gauge of how much is left before you're "done" scanning a view, becomes useless. Get to what you thought was the end, and it turns out there's a whole lot more. - 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
