CFA/Search-Research/SearchResults

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Current capabilities

• Show recent searches/search history
• Offer suggestions to autocomplete searches
• Google calculator suggestions in search box
• Display search results in this tab
• Display in new tab - ctrl+search; tax mix plus FF extension; browser.search.openintab
• Display in new window - shift+search

Upcoming capabilities

• Rich search results (Gavin Sharp) - FF3 P3

Capabilities in other browsers

• Preview search results - safari
• Show matching bookmarks when searching - flock
• Display in sidebar - seamonkey

Additional features

• Google search features
  • Currency conversion (3.5 USD in GBP)
  • Definitions (define malware)
  • Stock quotes (AAPL)
  • Maps (1981 Landings Mountain View CA)
  • Weather (weather mountain view ca)
  • Etc.

Screenshots

Flock:

Inquisitor on Safari:

Google Calculator on Firefox:

Conclusions

• It's all about the first 3 search results. When users look at Google search results, they focus on the first 3 search results. Consider inquisitor-style interface, but with page title blue and URL green for information differentiation and consistency with Google.
• Search results under search box doesn't have enough display space. Possible solutions:
  • Ability to manually resize search box
  • Dynamically resizing of the search box (if the string is too long for the box, the box automatically expands to the left)
  • Shrink/hide address bar when using search bar
• Showing too much in the search results output can be intimidating to the user
  • Having richer search results would make searches slower, especially with "search as you type"
• Search result features such as bookmarks, preview search results, rich results, etc. should be configurable or an extension