Multi-pane Interface for Simultaneous Search Result and Landing Page Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search interfaces require users to navigate away from search results pages to view landing pages, making it difficult to simultaneously examine search results and linked pages, and this process is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A multi-pane interface is implemented, where search results are presented in one pane and landing pages are presented in another, allowing users to view and interact with landing pages without leaving the search results page, using user interactions such as swipes to adjust the pane edges and maintain content visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users navigate away from search results page to view landing pages, then they can see the landing page content, but they cannot simultaneously examine search results and linked pages
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple panes: a search results pane and a browsing pane. The browsing pane is presented over a portion of the results pane, allowing simultaneous viewing of search results and landing page content without requiring users to navigate away from the search results page.
Solution Approach 2:
The browsing pane is positioned in a layered dimension over the results pane, creating a multi-level display structure. This allows content from both the search results and landing pages to be displayed simultaneously in different spatial layers, resolving the contradiction between viewing landing pages and maintaining search results visibility.
2Loss of information
If a browsing pane is presented over the results pane, then users can view landing pages without leaving search results, but the portion of results pane becomes occluded
Solution Approach 1:
The pane edge of the browsing pane is made movable and can be repositioned based on user interactions such as swipes. This dynamic adjustment allows users to optimize the visible area of the results pane while still accessing landing page content, balancing the occlusion issue with information accessibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users interact with multiple search results sequentially, then they can examine different landing pages, but the process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The browsing pane maintains continuous presentation over the results pane, allowing users to seamlessly switch between examining different landing pages and search results without interrupting the workflow. Users can interact with multiple search results sequentially while the browsing pane continuously displays the current landing page, eliminating navigation interruptions and reducing examination time.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content. In one aspect, a method includes determining that user interaction with a search result has occurred, where the search result was presented in a results pane of a display. A browsing pane is generated in which a landing page for the search result is presented. The browsing pane is presented over a portion of the results pane. The portion of the results pane is bounded by an edge of the display and a pane edge of the browsing pane, where the pane edge is located at an initial display location. A user swipe is determined to have occurred, and in response to the user swipe the pane edge is relocated to a target display location.