Article Idea:
Designing Your Own Search Experience
suggested by Ben Zipkin on 2008/08/26
I’ve been working on a new research concept and prototype that will illustrate some future directions of search engines. New emerging technologies like the semantic web, RDF, the mobile web, and social media may open up unprecedented opportunities for controlling the ebb and flow of information.
This control will be enhanced and increased as more powerful UI platforms like Adobe Flex and MS SilverLight continue to evolve. Accessing the WWW may become more akin to operating a customized application GUI than the linear browsing behavior we see today.
Key issues:
+ So what will this new search/information retrieval look like?
+ How will our web browsing experience change?
+ How can users design a search experience? What types of tools and UIs will they need to manipulate and customize their information?
Want to see this idea turned into a story?
2 people said yes. | 0 people said no.
Chris Pallé
151 Reputation points
Posted 2008/09/04 @ 08:29AM with
This does sound appealing. Especially in light of the new gBrowser and Adaptive Path’s Aurora. Frankly, I still see the yet unsolved problem of extreme clutter. Aurora is exemplary of this. I get the browsing should be a personal experience, but what about systems that require a shared-space such as at work. Sure, I can concoct and build a system of file-naming conventions and bookmark sharing repositories, but why don’t browsers easily allow for a framework to work in an organized fashion? I get the personalization aspect, great, but sometimes it would be nice if I had browser that would stop me from leaving 40 tabs open to begin with.
Chris Baum
785 Reputation points
Posted 2008/09/05 @ 12:40PM with
Ben – Have you checked out Viewzi at all? They do search interfaces; you can choose based on the type of content (e.g. recipes, etc.).