Please take a look at our new faceted search interface at http://www.statcan.ca/olcbrowse/english/clf/query.html? style=englisholc&la=en. We are now working...
Thanks for posting! I love hearing about the results of user tests, particularly related to guided navigation, as we frequently recommend that as the most...
The Canadian statistics site is OK http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm it is a matter of finding which of the many trails to follow. Is it perhaps a private...
Super quick feedback. I don't find the UI very intuitive - it's not clear that those things on the left are categories (clickable), that they have sub...
I am impressed with the functionality you have created here. Doing multiple iterations of usability testing likely helped with the design as well. I am also...
Hi Sam, Thanks for your interest. I hope the link is working for you. We have addressed a few technical glitches that should be fine now. The main thing we...
Thanks, Otis, Do you think putting a plus sign would help? Is it the formatting of the side bar (within menu boxes rather than just on a plain background) that...
Kathy: One thing we've seen used to guide users to 'drill down' - essentially to get them in the mind-set of conversing with the search engine - is to give the...
Hi Kathy, I'm not sure I can give exact UI advice for the nav bar. I did forget to mention left vs. right part. I am *amazed* that people found it easier to...
Hi All, Does one of you know what the quality of IBM Omnifind is at this moment ? Can the functionality already be compared with products like Verity K2 v6 and...
Hi Mark, Would be either Enterprise or Discovery. My concern is about (in Verity language) gateways to Notes, scalability, language support, taxonomies. Isn't...
Hi Arthur, Though there may be one or two holes, I suspect they can connect to most of the mainstream players, and many others as well, and this was as of 18 ...
... There are two versions of OmniFind, which have nothing to do with each other except name and corporate support. OmniFind Yahoo Edition is a simple spider...
Hi Avi! Long time... :-) Actually the high end OmniFind enterprise edition further subdivides into two products (Enterprise and Discovery), that each started...
Miles, Yes, I like that wording! Thanks! Kathy ... essentially ... is ... to ... the ... of ... better on ... here ... closer ... prominent, ... one ... this ...
LOL! That was exactly my feeling. When people suggested we go to the right, I didn't buy it at first. Then they pointed out the scroll button on my mouse!...
Hi Ed, I appreciate your positive feedback, especially about the speed, which is a real relief after our custom coding. The category numbers are built with...
Arthur: If you are comparing search vendors, you might want to pick up Steve Arnold's report from CMS Watch called The Enterprise Search Report. I have the May...
Thanks Chuck, this is great! Wrt the Discovery edition. Do you have any info on the current state of connectors, or an opinion as to its current scalability? ...
Hi all, While implementing Parametric Range type in IDOL 7.0, i have trouble pertaining to the exact range selected by IDOL. Also wud like to knw whether these...
Hi, Can someone tell me which Enterprise Search Open Source solutions are available in today's market ? Of course I know Lucene but any other "serious"...
Hi, Grapeshot looks interesting, if only because of its low licensing costs: http://www.grapeshot.co.uk/ Has anyone had any practical experience of this?...
Hi, You didn't mention Solr, so I'm not sure if you are aware of it or not. Lucene is more of an IR toolkit, while Solr is a search server built on top of...
Does anyone know what this setting does? I can't find any documentation on the term in the IDOL 7.3 documentation. Any U.S. tax advice contained in the body of...
Please send resume direct to me if you are intrested in this position. Thanks. Harry ==================================== Systems Analyst, Staff - IRM/Search ...
I wanted to give everyone a heads-up that we're going to have another get-together at the enterprise search Summit in New York May 19-21. Plans are for dinner...