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"Web Search engines most often operate on the idea that their tools are supposed to represent the fastest way between a user's search query and a site that will represent a fitting information content to satisfy a "information need". The main challenge is therefore about building ranking algorithms that will find the "best" site and put it into first place. While this approach has been highly successful it also neglects the user's ability to interact, select, navigate, analyze - in short, to be an active agent and a stakeholder in the search process. Our proposal is the technical manifestation of a simple concept: instead of reducing the search phase to a minimum we believe that there is much to be gained by presenting a semantically rich interface to users; this interface can be used to either navigate in a list of results (1000 in the case of our current prototype) or to refine the search query. The "termcloud" and "cluster" views give a quick overview of a topic by showing which terms are significant, their relative frequency and the relations that exist between them. This way the user gets an idea of the topic before even visiting a Web site from the result list. We hope that this approach will help users in digging deeper than the first couple of results and explore the regions of the Web that might not be so easy to find with a regular, hit-driven search engine."

"This paper details a way to extend classic information architecture for web-based applications. The goal is to enhance traditional user experiences, mainly based on navigation or search, to new ones (also relevant for stakeholders' requirements). "

"SearchWeb is a tool for finding BBC content by generating a tree of links to relevant pages throughout the site. This system complements the BBC ranked-list search by enabling users to see the context and structure of a large number of results simultaneously, and also by drilling down for results in specific sections of the site.\n\nThe form of the visualisation is a navigable tree of web page nodes, with the BBC homepage at the centre and the result URLs forming branches around it. The main branches represent sections of the BBC site such as News or Learning, and are colour coded to show the proportionate number of results for each area.\nSearchWeb was developed in ActionScript3, using the Polygonal 'AS3 Data Structures For Game Developers' libraries http://lab.polygonal.de/ds/\nWe hope to release the source code for this project. We will make an announcement on the blog if we do so."

Feature Highlights : - Leoad Data Easily - Filter and Navigate - Group Data in Tables - Display on the Web * 100% java technology. * A range of different relationship types are supported. Edges can be directed, undirected, and can show flow in both directions. * Text and numerical attributes can be associated with nodes and edges. Tables display the attributes and allow sorting. * Images can be associated with nodes. * Advanced cluster computation reveals inherent groupings. * Co-citations and co-occurrence analysis clarifies dense networks.

"Pour Marc Van Rymenant, la meilleure façon de ne pas perturber un internaute, c'est de rester dans le chemin de ce qu'il est venu faire. "Le mode d'interaction n'est pas plus important que le contenu", explique-t-il. "Il faut surtout éviter le désengagement de l'internaute". Un bémol tout de même, l'étude a été menée uniquement auprès d'étudiants, souvent extrêmement familiers avec Internet. "Les conclusions de l'étude sont à modérer", explique Marc Van Rymenant. "Il y a un décalage avec la réalité d'Internet"."

"SOPHIA has been designed to address these recognised limitations. SOPHIA is unique in that it addresses the 'search problem' from a linguistic view point as opposed to from a purely mathematical perspective. It is based on an established model of language called Semiotics which describes how we understand and interpret the meaning of signs and texts in context. We don't argue that SOPHIA should replace Boolean search entirely - moreover it is a complementary tool that provides an enriched search experience that enables users to browse, navigate, discover and understand their information in context. SOPHIA has a 3-tier architecture designed for OEM and ease of integration with Development Partners. Contact sales@sophiasearch.com to explore Working Together on a project or application that can be enhanced and developed by a relationship with SOPHIA's semantic search technology."

"Search doesn't have to be awful, but it's never going to be exactly fun to skim through tens of hundreds of supposedly "relevant" results to our query, hoping to find the ones we're looking for. We can make things better by allowing readers to quickly narrow down their search using rich facets. We can support those readers who happen to be in an exploratory mood by adding smart secondary navigation by genre, topic, location and medium. We can answer questions readers might have about a certain piece of content before they even ask them, preempting search."

""In this current phase of library automation, all eyes are focused on developing and deploying Web-based interfaces better suited to meet the expectations of the current generation of Web-savvy users," notes Marshall Breeding in the "Introduction" to "Next-Generation Library Catalogs," the fourth issue of Library Technology Reports in 2007. "Over the course of the last year, a number of libraries have made bold moves to introduce new catalogs cast in a mold apart from their previous offerings. Library automation vendors have launched development efforts to create new catalogs and interfaces more in tune with today's expectations," Breeding adds. In this issue of LTR, Breeding covers the terminology associated with the "next-generation" catalog situation as well as such areas as: * federated searching and * other features expected in the "next-generation" interfaces (such as faceted navigation, relevancy, the "did you mean?" feature, and RSS)."

"Cette application web permet aux internautes d'accéder à des articles présentés sous la forme de pages web (vignettes) et de les feuilleter (flip) virtuellement. Les articles sont classés par catégories : technologies, économie, politique, divertissement, articles les plus populaires, etc. L'internaute peut passer très rapidement d'un article à l'autre en pointant sur les flèches à droite ou à gauche des séries de vignettes. Lorsque l'internaute double-clique sur un article/vignette, il accède directement au site web du journal concerné. Néanmoins, en un seul clic, la lecture depuis la vignette choisie est aisée."