[IxDA Discuss] searching within browse

[Miguel Gonzalez]

For the sake of simplicity and easy to use, in a web page where there are a search box and a bunch
of categories, the search should attend general searches and not searches within a displayed
category.

To allow searches within a category, the user should have the possibility to get to an "Advanced
Search" where he or she could narrow down the search as far as desired.

Most people are used to to this kind of interaction, you search or you browse, and you do more
complicated search through the Advanced Search system.

Maglez.



--- Valerie Gomez de la Torre <valeriegomez at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 
> Hello all,
> I have a question about how to allow to display search results within
> a browse categories page.
> 
> For example, an application offers both Search and Browse
> capabilities. Both designed with pretty standard UI (eg. google search
> and dmoz.org browse)
> 
> The Browse lists all parent categories and their children.Users can
> drill down thru the category trees to view results.
> 
> Let's say a user clicks through to a secondary level category and
> decides to search within that category.
> 
> At this point, would we show these results as being under Search or
> under Browse?
> 
> Thank you,
> Valerie
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