6.3.1 Comparison of the two retrieval approaches
The characteristics of both browsing and searching have been depicted in the previous sections. According to browsing can be regarded as going from where to what. The idea is that the user knows where he/she is in the database and wants to know what is available there. Conversely, searching can be considered as going from what to wear. The idea is that the user know what he/she want and wishes to find where in the database it is available. States that informal and heuristic strategy. Aside from those distinctions, searching and browsing differ from each other in the following aspects.