links for 1 February 2006

Here’s some of the pages I’ve tagged on Del.icio.us today.

• Improve the usability of search-results pages (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID)
• Search: Visible and Simple (Alertbox) First Results Page is Golden. Users almost never look beyond the second page of search results. It is thus essential that your search prioritize results in a useful way and that all the most important hits appear on the first page. (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID jakob)

• Search and you MAY find (Alert Box) (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID Jakob)
• Functioning Form – Innovations in Search Results Pages (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID)
• 37signals » 37BetterGoogle (search engine results) (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID)
• A List Apart: Articles: Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms (tags: usability search searchresults IA interactiondesign ID)
• Simplify & Sort for Better Searches (Web Design & Usability) 50% of users head straight to your site search according to Jakob Nielson
• Usability News – 4.1 2002 — Paging vs. Scrolling: Looking for the Best Way toPresent Search Results Overall, the fifty-link condition had the fastest search time and was most preferred. It is possible this is because this layout required only a limited amount of paging (only two pages). Conversely, the hundred-link condition was by far least preferred. (tags: interactiondesign search searchresults usability ID)
• Mental Models For Search Are Getting Firmer (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) (tags: design IA jakob Nielsen usability search searchresults)
• On Beyond Help: User Assistance and the User Interface It is well accepted that understanding the users and a thorough analysis of their goals and tasks is a prerequisite for usability. To produce a document, online information or knowledge base that is truly usable, the designer and writer must also consider (tags: help search browse query interactiondesign usability)
• Effective Search Results (Bohmann Usability) Basic errors with presentation of information are quite common. The errors should be avoided because they lead to more user errors. (tags: search searchresults interactiondesign usability)
• Alex Bosworth’s Weblog: 10 Places You Must Use Ajax (tags: ajax examples web2.0)
• Taking A Content Inventory (tags: contentinventory informationarchitecture)
• ProgrammableWeb: Web 2.0 Reference Center (tags: web2.0)
• WEB 2.0 or NOT? – How Web 2.0 Are You? (tags: web2.0)