Towards "Natural" Interactions in Search User Interfaces

Key Trends in Technology Use What does the future hold for search user interfaces? The familiar web search interface of today works well for millions of people and billions of queries a year. Very few innovations in search interfaces gain wide enough acceptance to replace the standard type-keywords-in-entry-form, viewresults-in-a-vertical-results-list interface. This is in part because search is a means toward another end, and reading text is a mentally demanding task; the fewer distractions while reading, the more usable the interface. Additionaly, search, like email, is used by nearly everyone who uses the Web, and so its features and functions must be understandable to an enormous and diverse range of people [14].