When the search results page comes up, the search box is active. This makes any keystrokes I type appear in the search box instead of being passed on to my browser to do things like scroll down the page of results.
This is pretty annoying, and makes me have to click outside the search box before I can use the keyboard to scroll down the page, etc.
So please make it so that the search box does not have focus when the search results are returned.
The other suggestion I have is to allow people to use their keyboards to go to the next page of search results. In Opera, I do this simply by hitting the space bar once I get to the bottom of the page.
This is how Google's interface works. In general, I think you can't go wrong by studying the design of their search interface carefully and copying it.
This is yet another reason for software developers to unionize. Otherwise it'll continue to be a race to the bottom as developers continue undercutting each other and giving away any leverage they may have had.
When the search results page comes up, the search box is active. This makes any keystrokes I type appear in the search box instead of being passed on to my browser to do things like scroll down the page of results.
This is pretty annoying, and makes me have to click outside the search box before I can use the keyboard to scroll down the page, etc.
So please make it so that the search box does not have focus when the search results are returned.
The other suggestion I have is to allow people to use their keyboards to go to the next page of search results. In Opera, I do this simply by hitting the space bar once I get to the bottom of the page.
This is how Google's interface works. In general, I think you can't go wrong by studying the design of their search interface carefully and copying it.