Advancing Advanced Search

Thought I would share a couple recent articles from Boxes and Arrows, an
information architecture and interaction design site, that may be of
interest to individuals on this list.

*Advancing Advanced Search
(http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/advancing-advanced)
*by Stephen Turbek
The success of the simple search box has relegated advanced search to
second-class status. Stephen Turbek looks to resurrect this useful
feature from the dustbins of the design toolbox and suggest some useful
ways for designers to utilize it effectively.

*Search Behavior Patterns
(http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/search-behavior)
*by John Ferrara
The ways in which people search for information online is often filled
with idiosyncrasies. It's rarely as straightforward as designers of
search systems assume. But hope is not lost: in this article, John
Ferrara helps us think about a broader search ecology and identifies
patterns in behavior that serve as the basis for good search design.

Good searching,
Chris