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== UX & User Research == | == UX & User Research == | ||
User Research | |||
The UR team will be conducting a longitudinal study to understand how people use our new Search Tabs feature. Search tabs allows you to search for something, and see results from various sources. For example, if you search for "harry potter," you will see the Google results for "harry potter" with icons down the left hand side of your page. Currently, the icons are for Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Ebay, Twitter, and Wikipedia. If you click on the Yahoo icon, the main screen will change from Google to Yahoo, and you can see the results there. The idea is that the search tabs provide more data to the user, and users will see that some searches are better on some search engines than on others. It's a way to help open the web back up during the search process. | |||
Overall Study Objectives | |||
*Understand the situations when people use tabbed search, their reactions to using tabbed search, and what they do with the information after searching | |||
*Answer the question, "Do users find tabbed search valuable to their search activities?" | |||
*Determine other sites people would like to see as part of the tabbed search including sites they would add on their own using the plus button | |||
*Provide design recommendations based on user feedback and usage | |||
*Make a final recommendation on whether or not to deploy this feature. | |||
Research Overview | |||
*Participants will complete a one-week logging activity kicked off by a one hour, in-person interview | |||
*The logging activity includes using the new search feature three times per day, and then answering a set of questions about their experiences using the feature. | |||
Dates | |||
*The study begins April 18, and we expect to have results by the end of May/beginning of June. | |||
Questions/Comments: | |||
*Contact Cori Schauer, cschauer@mozilla.com or IRC: cschauer | |||
=== UX design === | === UX design === | ||