It is now reasonable to ask what a model of IR based on our alternative assumptions might look like, or even, how one could begin to implement such ideas in IR systems. Unfortunately, we cannot offer here definitive answers to these questions, as, for instance, in terms of a formal alternative model of IR. These are still goals subject to further research. Instead, we discuss some suggestions for potential ways to take account of this viewpoint, and how these could be (or, in some cases, have been) realized in IR system design. In particular, we consider: • how to incorporate the user as the central component of the IR system; • how to identify and support different information-seeking behaviors and different information-seeking goals; and, • how to make user interaction with texts the central process of IR.