Finding trucks without splitting the job

A map and a search box are not two products. They are two grips on the same errand: get me to a truck that is actually out. We had labeled those grips Browse and Search, parked them in the header like equal citizens, and asked people to pick a philosophy before they picked dinner.

That split looks tidy in an information-architecture diagram. It feels wrong in a parking lot. You do not decide whether you are “browsing” or “searching” when you are hungry. You glance at what is nearby, you type a name you half-remember, you bounce. The UI should bounce with you, not send you back to the header to switch modes.

Find is the boring version of that idea. The header keeps primary nav on the first row so you still know where you are. Search sits on the second row, always. The map stays on Find, not on the homepage — the homepage has a different job, which is to say what this is and how to download it. Old /browse and /search URLs redirect so we do not punish anyone who bookmarked the diagram.

If you have ever watched someone stand in front of two equally labeled doors, you already know the rest. One door. The tools can argue underneath.