New search results page layout released
February 22, 2013
We've been talking internally about re-designing our search results page for almost a year now. Some users had issues with our old search results page that we wanted to fix. For example, in our user testing, we noticed that people could easily gloss over the filter options. We also wanted to make the page tighter, making better use of the screen real estate. After many discussions and design ideas, we have finally settled on a new design and released it earlier this week.
One major change is that some of the options are immediately shown. Showing all of the options would likely be too overwhelming, so we only show a few from each group of options. As users expand the page, the map now more gracefully expands to take up more of the space. We also put the provider profiles in a two-column format rather than the traditional one-column format. This helps pack information into a page. It is also less likely to give the impression that providers that appear higher in the list are somehow better doctors.
While these changes were just released, there are still some more that we are considering. Before that, however, we want to get some feedback. If you have any thoughts about the new design, please let us know.