Enhance navigation for search results
UPDATE: Kiteman points out in the comments that easier to use navigation as described below is available if you first do a search and then click the Graphical Search link on the search results page.
I hereby modify my suggestion to "Make graphical search the default, or adopt the graphical search navigation for the default search results."
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When I search the site and get multiple pages of hits, the only navigation option is a row of small linked numbers at the bottom of the page, like so:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
It takes an unnecessary amount of dexterity to navigate to the next number and click it to move to the next page of results.
Two suggestions:
1) Increase the font size of the linked numbers so they provide a bigger target area for my mouse pointer.
2) Add a "Previous" link to the left of the 1 and a "Next" link to the right of the 10, to provide big, juicy targets for the most common navigation needs.
Comments
8 years ago
If you click the "graphical search" button, which appears after you use the search box in the top-right of the page, then you get exactly what you ask for.
Reply 8 years ago
That's awesome! Thanks for the tip.
I hereby modify my suggestion to "Make graphical search the default, or adopt the graphical search navigation for the default search results."
8 years ago
+1
Good suggestions!