As of this topic’s writing, there has been a new search bar that opens up a pop-up once you click anywhere in the red rectangle:
Ad you may have guessed from this topic’s title, it feels very misleading and not UX friendly. Traditionally, search bars that would not open up a pop-up looked like this:
Whereas search bars that would open up in a pop-up typically appear like so:
Why is this the case?
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Past experience dictates patterns and expectations- because most search bars follow the system above you’d expect to type in the box on the top right.
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The existence of both a space ample enough to type in and “preview” text also makes one assume that you’re meant to type in the box.
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Conversely, the non-existence of a search bar and “preview” text implies a pop-up will be expected.
When clicking on the “search bar” you get this pop-up:
Again, misleading. Most people certainly wouldn’t expect this to occur, however cool it looks (It looks great!)
The UI is fantastic but the UX just falls short. In synopsis: Use a magnifying glass icon instead of the current fake-text box and sample text.
Thank you!
