658120 - Search Behavior Study: How do users use the location bar autocomplete?

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Mozilla Labs Graveyard :: Test Pilot Data Requests, defect)

Description

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Some interesting behavior might be how many characters people type before selecting a result or just pressing enter.

From the initial sample data...

There were 67 instances of where users typed a bunch of letters then clicked the go button or selected a result from the list with an average 2.31 characters typed before going somewhere. These look like.. "keys urlbar" "2".

There were 73 instances of users typing letters then hitting return. Average number of characters typed is 11.73. These look like "keys urlbar" "11 return".

76 instances of users typing some letters, pressing down then return. Average characters 3.49. These look like "keys urlbar" "3 down return".

88 instances of some letters, any number of "down" then return. Average 3.22 letters. Average 1.23 "down"s before return.