This is my suggestion for the Query Builder UI in Grid view / batch edit mode: https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/attachment/wiki/BloodhoundSearch/search%20grid%20view.png
I believe this reflects all the previous comments made on this, but I may have missed something. Please let me know if I did and I will update it shortly. Cheers, Joe On 1 March 2013 11:23, Gary Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/03/13 10:59, Andrej Golcov wrote: > >> I'm not clear on what this means in practice - I had the impression that >>> both Amazon and (current) Bloodhound show the number of items found under >>> the current constraints (query term, other facets) per facet. >>> >> Actually, Amazon search shows counts for Brands out of search scope. >> For example, using your sample from url above, if you filter by >> Sumsung brand, you see also other brands and counts. Ok, we are to >> deep in technical details here. >> > > It is a good point though. The advantage of allowing this is that we get > the ability to do or relations within each category but, unless there is > some kind of shortcut to the information in whoosh, it would mean multiple > searches. > > The ebay solution mentioned in Andrej's reply also shows another means to > create the OR condition by providing a popup to show just one category of > facets which would be a search that could be done on demand. They also do > not bother with showing the number of results under each category except > within the popup. > > I think I prefer the form that Joe proposes for giving more information > but it may be worth compromising. > > > >> - Number of products can be quite big and facet filter IMHO is not >>>> the best way to filter product specific resource. I would suggest >>>> having an combo or dropdown with product selector. Something similar >>>> to projects in >>>> http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/**issues<http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues>or >>>> "computer >>>> components" dropdown in amazon link that you provided. The product >>>> selector can be part of top navigation and used not only by search. >>>> >>>> Seems reasonable, although I would suggest that Chosen has a better >>> Multi >>> Select style: >>> http://harvesthq.github.com/**chosen/<http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/> >>> >> +1. >> > > Looks good to me too. > > > >> - search breadcrumbs: >>>> - What does link on "Search >" on the left of breadcrumb? >>>> >>>> http://[bloodhound]/search (incl current search box query) >>> >> Ack >> >> - I suppose that click on "Ticket >" link in the breadcrumbs resets >>>> all filters except search box query? Does "Clear filters" link >>>> duplicates the similar functionality? >>>> >>>> My thinking was actually that it removes all filters other than the >>> one for >>> Type. >>> >> I like how ebay represents search breadcrumbs, for example, check this >> http://goo.gl/jHZPQ >> It is very clear that click on search breadcrumb deletes a particular >> filter. >> > > This was closer to what I was thinking we would want but it could be > duplicating the ability to delete a filter from the side menu. The current > design is suggestive of a positional breadcrumb which may not be so > appropriate here (though currently consistent with other uses). > > > >> - I think about "View as" as a part of toolbar below of search >>>> breadcrumb. The toolbar may include select all/none methods, batch >>>> operations etc. >>>> >>>> Yep. Those options shouldn't be visible though unless they actually >>> apply. >>> See Gmail's batch operations buttons for inspiration. >>> >> +1 >> >> - Will we support possibility to specify sorting in free text search >>>> view? >>>> >>> No - If our sorting of results isn't good enough for the majority of >>> cases >>> we should probably fix that before we ask users to figure it out for >>> themselves. >>> >> Ok. >> Just one note: grid view already supports sorting of columns similar >> how it is done in Trac custom queries. >> I think we can later provide kind of sort selector, at least for grid >> view. >> > > Sounds good. > > Cheers, > Gary > -- Joe Dreimann UX Designer | WANdisco <http://www.wandisco.com/> * * *Transform your software development department. Register for a free SVN HealthCheck <http://go.wandisco.com/HealthCheck-Sig.html> *
