[Sigia-l] new Yahoo! search (From love to hate in about 5 minutes flat)

[tom smith]

Regarding opening Search Results in a new window...

There is a difference between the way Yahoo and Google (or even 
altavista) offer the ability to view a search result in a new window. 
Google's version is modal. You either open items in a new window or you 
don't. I hate it. In Yahoo's version you can choose whether or not to 
open an item in a new window. I love it, because it gives me the 
choice. Often when I'm searching I open 10 or so results (holding down 
the command key) then normal click the last one. Don't ask why, but it 
works for me.

I also like the fact that they've made an attempt to visually 
communicate "open in a new window"...their little icon may become the 
standard, you never know...I also like the fact that results are 
numbered (did google's used to be?)

The only minor gripe is that the new window functionality breaks the 
tabbed browsing feature that my browser has.

My only other minor gripe is that paging results (for me) returns "This 
document contains no data". See if it fails for you.
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=&ei=UTF-8&p=usability&b=21

Of the many gripes I have, I searched for "information architecture" in 
the news section, all I was presented with tens of articles I could 
buy. They had little dollar signs (in their eyes)
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=&p=information+architecture
Now as soon as search engine starts this sort of back-scratchy fiscal 
nonsense I'm off.

That's it, I've gone from love to hate in 3 easy gripes, let's all get 
back to worrying if google are getting a shade too powerful for their 
own good and watching out for the next google killer.

tom


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yahooIM: theotherblog
aolM: theotherblog
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3rd Floor, The Pavilion, Newham's Row, London SE1 3UZ




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tom smith
http://dev11.otherworks.com/theotherblog/
yahooIM: theotherblog
aolM: theotherblog
0207 089 5959
3rd Floor, The Pavilion, Newham's Row, London SE1 3UZ