Employee Directory Search - Resolving Conflicting Usability Guidelines

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 24 Feb 2003 06:50:00 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.alertbox
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for February 24 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030224.html

Summary:
Guidelines conflict on whether to limit intranet search to a single search
box or dedicate an additional box to employee directory searches.
There's theory to support both guidelines. What's up?
	
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