Design experience: Web search user Experience Design

On the image above A:ie Google's search box design, the mouse moved to the "search" trigger action.

Figure B: Google's search box design in Firefox, triggered with a magnifying glass logo.

The search box is designed on the c:ie above, and the button is used to identify the trigger action.

Web Teaching Network in a number of operating habits of research, such as forum, QQ Group 1 (non-Internet active users), QQ Group 2 (mostly to do HCI) and so on. The same problem was raised for different groups of users:

Which search is the most easy to use, is what I want most, why?

Ordinary users (not familiar with the fast operation, not senior netizens):

Psychological need security, feel all show out is the safest. Design to give a clear "how do you want me to operate, where is used to click, where is used to select, where I input information."

A: The most common, most definitive. But "search" in words, to click to know is the button operation.

B: A little more concise, but the button in the input box, mistaken for the concept of the icon.

C: Know how to operate, it is not clear why the choice of dropdown is in the back operation.

summed up the style:

Mature User:

The expression becomes no longer important, basically using the "enter key". Use the keyboard more, a small number of users using the mouse in the input, the fastest way to meet is to enter the building. and the West shell accident found mature type of people prefer to enter after the category, do not know is the survey of the group is relatively narrow or research people are more like this way ~

So the idea is this "input" category "Enter Search". Then the C program is more appropriate.

summed up the style:

Then, is not it can be said to ignore the consideration of senior netizens operating habits, the use of Enter the shortcut key on the OK? The important thing is to consider the design of ordinary netizens? and the beautiful and concise web world, is not the icon put into the input box, do you can click the appearance is the most reasonable?

Is the following method the best? You are welcome to give different opinions:

With the research part of the opinion:

Unskilled users will put the mouse to the magnifying glass there, there will be better change, ie on the search box that effect ...

Get used to entering the content and enter.

And after the input, there is a choice of search engine categories, which is very convenient.

Some prefer to type in a forward-seeking category, and individuals favor the latter.

Usually I only use the ENTER key.

It is estimated that the use of books for a long time, so biased like C.

I will choose c, more intuitive, do not need to think process, the arrow down the instructions are also more clear

For ordinary users, most of them know only the point "button" AC can be.

It is best to enter the search keyword after the direct enter button can be searched.

Select C, the operation can be suggestive and beautification degree of the combination of better.

I and a lot of people are directly return to submit information.

I choose b~. Google has always advocated the input content and then press ENTER directly, this is the Google site when the search will be prompted, so the search in a did not make a direct hint for the button is also reasonable, from this point, B is undoubtedly the best choice, because it will not be in the sight of other trapped. I think C is the hardest to understand, because it doesn't give me the name of the current search engine while I'm typing it.