by Peter Morville (Author), Jeffery Callender (Author)
Search is among the most disruptive innovations of our time. It influences what we buy and where we go. It shapes how we learn and what we believe. This provocative and inspiring book explores design patterns that apply across the categories of web, ecommerce, enterprise, desktop, mobile, social, and realtime search and discovery. Using colorful illustrations and examples, the authors bring modern information retrieval to life, covering such diverse topics as relevance ranking, faceted navigation, multi-touch, and augmented reality. Search Patterns challenges us to invent the future of discovery while serving as a practical guide to help us make search better today.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 26 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0596802277
ISBN 13: 9780596802271
Search Patterns is a delight to read -- very thoughtful and thought provoking. It's the most comprehensive survey of designing effective search experiences I've seen.
-- Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google--Irene Au
Search Patterns is a playful guide to the practical concerns of search interface design. It contains a bonanza of screenshots and illustrations that capture the best of today's design practices and presents a fresh perspective on the broader role of search and discovery.
-- Marti Hearst, Professor, UC Berkeley and Author, Search User Interfaces--Marti Hearst
I love this book! Thanks to Peter and Jeffery, I now know that search (yes, boring old yucky who cares search) is one of the coolest ways around of looking at the world.
-- Dan Roam, Author, The Back of the Napkin--Dan Roam