Interesting Google UI Element

Posted by Chris Tingom on August 6, 2008 at 4:02 pm.

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Today we were experimenting with the new Google Insights for Search tool and thought that the category filtering tool was interesting.

At first glance it appears to be a drop down menu but it’s actually Javascript. Very well done (although definitely some areas for improvement) and an interesting way to help people filter content.

Check it out at: http://www.google.com/insights/search

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Comment posted by Laurel J on August 8, 2008 at 12:55 pm
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New to this blog, though just bookmarked it!

I am pretty technologically proficient, seeing as how I design and build websites, and it took me a couple tries on this one. Just making the arrow the only thing that activates the drop down I think is the only fault I see. I tried clicking on the words and nothing happened, then I realized I needed to click on the arrow.

Excellent end product, but little details are what makes an idea strong.