Search Interfaces Study

[Bill L]

Why? There isn't anything there that is worth putting gin a study! HOW
DOES IT HELP FIREFOX? MY GUESS IS IT HELPS GOOGLE MORE THAN FIREFOX!!
Isn't there some silly assed box I can check to let me know IF and
WHEN you are interrogating my browsing habits? THIS ON SUCKS BIG TIME
FOLKS!
GET BACK TO IMPROVING FIREFOX, AND QUIT THIS KIND OF SHIT!

[Brett]

Sorry but it's basic software design methodology. You need to know
how people use the interface to know how to improve it. Otherwise
it's much like "build me a car and no you cant do track testing".
Don't like it opt out.

BRETT

[fatman]

You may get a reply if your post were not so offensive.

As Brett says, if you don't like it - opt out!

[joseba...@googlemail.com]

i'm pretty sure i NEVER serch on the FF homescreen. yeat it say i do
so 44% of times. wtf?

[5e@rCH]

Bill L, hello from reality, websites, not browsers seek to interrogate
you, hoe you have opted out of this like you opted out of civility and
effective communication.

On Aug 31, 7:38 pm, Bill L <northh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Daniel]

I have no issues with the test pilot studies, quite like them
But I have an issue with the search engine one because it recorded how
I search the most but actually I search the most using the google
toolbar. But currently Google have not released a toolbar for this
beta version of FF so its not compatible. So my data is not a true
representation of what I use the most :( I am sure I am not the only
one who use toolbars to search :)

[joseba...@googlemail.com]

sorry dude, i thought that would be a propper post in the topic.
nevermind.

[Koen]

I am honestly starting to wonder why you agreed to help improve
Firefox by installing the beta version, especially since you find it
useful to "go all caps" on us. If you don't like the way feedback and
user studies are sent to Mozilla then simply turn it off or remove
Firefox from your computer. An answer to your question would be that
it is necessary for Mozilla to know which feature is used most (and
then I'm more talking about the URL bar and the Search bar). Remember
you can pick any search engine you like, so I don't see why this would
have been built to help Google instead of Firefox.

[Julius Asaba]

I disagree with you Bill, I think this study is important and am also
glad that Mozilla has finally incorporated the search functionality in
the URL bar, kudos!

[David McRitchie]

Always seems to me that most studies don't measure what they claim to
measure or draw invalid conclusions.

Since this is not my main profile, and not even Minefield it is used
very little do why would this be a valid sample of what I do. Even
so, I would think all of my searches would have been from ONLY from
keyword shortcuts all of which are invoked at the location bar, but
none are what would be considered a default location bar search.

In fact it shows location bar search 43% and not one search could
have in fact been done from the location bar by default except via a
keyword shortcut. None would likely have been done from the Search
Box, and none would likely have been done from a website. Pretty sure
that all would have been done with keyword shortcuts and no other
method..

[alexh...@gmail.com]

I'm not against the research. I think it's not a bad idea but, as
many other people say, it should be taken with a grain of salt.

I normally use FF main google page but I'm starting to rely more and
more on the toolbar which I'm now customizing to use either (google
english or Google Argentina) and some other search engines.

So, it's very probable that the graphic will change drastically in the
next few weeks.

Another things that should be taken into account is that you're only
measuring a kind of user that is already sufficiently involved with
Firefox because he has specifically downloaded a beta version and
agreed to test it and send feedback. I don't know what percentage of
the avg user base that is but I figure it's not very big.

Concluding... Studies might be interesting but one needs to look at
the context.

[Shawn]

I agree, I believe they are trying to see how many people like the
functionality of Chrome vs. FF's interface, after using chrome for a
month I am constantly searching from the url bar and actually
installed omnibar to get rid of the search box. These type of studies
are quite important. It is much better to gauge how people are using
your software before changing it then changing it without input and
your users hate the updates.

[John Cook]

Yeah, similar story here, I had 16% on the FF home page that I don't
think I've visited since I downloaded the beta...

On Sep 2, 4:03 am, "josebaess...@googlemail.com"

[Thomas Stache]

The same here... it says I searched using the "Firefox Home page" 29%
- which is untrue.
My homepage is about:blank, and I never searched on google.com/
firefox.

If something else is meant, the wording is extremely poor, sorry to
say that...

T.

On Sep 2, 10:03 am, "josebaess...@googlemail.com"

[OlympicMtnBoy]

It's nice that there is a search bar next to the URL bar, although for
this study I never really used it. In Firefox 3.xx I used google
toolbar, which was not available for firefox 4.0. I used a lot of
other functionality in that toolbar before trying 4.0. If i had the
option, that would have been 99% of my searches. As such, my
submitted data is basically invalid since I've been painfully using my
google homepage to search.

[fragmented]

Well there is no graph! Interesting... Nice CSS3 integration though!
Keep up the good work but lose the unnecessary study features... Who
does this benefit?