Comments on: 1 Picture == 1,000 Words http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alice Toth http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-829 Alice Toth Tue, 08 May 2007 03:32:20 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-829 <p>Craig: I *almost* put up a few screenshots and then I confess, laziness took over and it was just easier to plop in a link. :) It looks like Grokker has been around for a few years, but where I see the possibilities are for the Semantic Web (or Web 3.0 if you prefer). I think that's where we'll see things like this take off.</p> <p>Z-Bo: I have nothing to do with Grokker. Trust me, it's not my site. But, since you have complaints about their site, I suggest you write to Grokker directly about it so your voice is heard.</p> Craig: I *almost* put up a few screenshots and then I confess, laziness took over and it was just easier to plop in a link. :) It looks like Grokker has been around for a few years, but where I see the possibilities are for the Semantic Web (or Web 3.0 if you prefer). I think that’s where we’ll see things like this take off.

Z-Bo: I have nothing to do with Grokker. Trust me, it’s not my site. But, since you have complaints about their site, I suggest you write to Grokker directly about it so your voice is heard.

]]> By: John "Z-Bo" Zabroski http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-828 John "Z-Bo" Zabroski Sat, 05 May 2007 14:39:16 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-828 <p>I consider myself a power-user. I surf the web on a 24 inch monitor. Your website's static, non-resizable view pane makes it very annoying to see the results I want. 1/3rd or more of the screen real estate is devoted to helping me improve my search.</p> <p>Take a lesson from Google (and Altavista even before that) on vertical search user interfaces: Make the option to refine the search go right above the searches... not to the sides of the search results. You're getting in my way and being obnoxious by suggesting my searches need refinement. It's a One Click World, and those clicks are cheap. The cheapest click of all is the backclick... which people use when they feel the website is controlling their user experience, rather than the other way around.</p> I consider myself a power-user. I surf the web on a 24 inch monitor. Your website’s static, non-resizable view pane makes it very annoying to see the results I want. 1/3rd or more of the screen real estate is devoted to helping me improve my search.

Take a lesson from Google (and Altavista even before that) on vertical search user interfaces: Make the option to refine the search go right above the searches… not to the sides of the search results. You’re getting in my way and being obnoxious by suggesting my searches need refinement. It’s a One Click World, and those clicks are cheap. The cheapest click of all is the backclick… which people use when they feel the website is controlling their user experience, rather than the other way around.

]]> By: Craig http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-827 Craig Sat, 05 May 2007 12:37:19 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/1_picture_1000_/#comment-827 <p>Need it be said that this article is worthless without pictures? ;-)</p> <p>Sorry, couldn't resist.</p> <p>Seriously though, Grokker definitely has some great possibilities!</p> <p>Let's just hope they get bought by one of the main 4 SEs and their ideas integrated! Trying to compete with the main 4 will be hard going. :-(</p> Need it be said that this article is worthless without pictures? ;-)

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Seriously though, Grokker definitely has some great possibilities!

Let’s just hope they get bought by one of the main 4 SEs and their ideas integrated! Trying to compete with the main 4 will be hard going. :-(

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