Comments on: Search or navigation? That is the question. http://www.greystoneblog.net/search-or-navigation-that-is-the-question/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neal Linkon http://www.greystoneblog.net/search-or-navigation-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3693 Neal Linkon Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:01:15 +0000 http://www.greystoneblog.net/?p=73#comment-3693 You said it better than I could. I suspect many people search on destination sites because they have to, not because they want to! You said it better than I could. I suspect many people search on destination sites because they have to, not because they want to!

]]> By: Nathan Rice http://www.greystoneblog.net/search-or-navigation-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3691 Nathan Rice Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:50:52 +0000 http://www.greystoneblog.net/?p=73#comment-3691 I think a lot of people assume people prefer to search because of the popularity of Google and Amazon - both of which are not only two of the most popular destination sites but they are design to not only encourage search they make it pretty difficult to do anything but efficiently. But I don't go to my Bloglines in the a.m. to "search", I go to read from topics I have selected to read from. Hypothetically, I don't go to Aurora.com to search, I go their to get direction, find a doctor, pay a bill, etc. In some cases, if I have to search the site I have landed upon has failed. In other cases, I expect a site (especially an e-commerce site) to have a search function. One of my favorite sites in the world www.icebreaker.com is simply beautiful - and a user does not need to search. Another beautifully designed site (and concept) NEED magazine is designed to encourage user to take in beauty and hope not to just search the content. So I leave this diatribe where I started. It depends. I think a lot of people assume people prefer to search because of the popularity of Google and Amazon – both of which are not only two of the most popular destination sites but they are design to not only encourage search they make it pretty difficult to do anything but efficiently.

But I don’t go to my Bloglines in the a.m. to “search”, I go to read from topics I have selected to read from.

Hypothetically, I don’t go to Aurora.com to search, I go their to get direction, find a doctor, pay a bill, etc.

In some cases, if I have to search the site I have landed upon has failed. In other cases, I expect a site (especially an e-commerce site) to have a search function.

One of my favorite sites in the world http://www.icebreaker.com is simply beautiful – and a user does not need to search.

Another beautifully designed site (and concept) NEED magazine is designed to encourage user to take in beauty and hope not to just search the content.

So I leave this diatribe where I started. It depends.

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