Thanks!
The more I think about the more I believe a flat structure is very
difficult to manage. Both in technical terms and in the mental model
of the user.
In your example, you pick hard drives and then you go on with those
specific filters. What is proposed in our project is to manage the
whole "computer parts" category as one with filters.
Another example would be to try and manage "Hifi" as one category with
speakers, tvs, receivers etc. All of which have their own specific
qualities. Even TVs would be hard to manage with just one category
with filters. There are some big differences between LCD, Plasma and
CRT models too..
Still interested to see if this would be possible or even good, but I
highly doubt that it is the right way to go.
/Johan
On May 8, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Adam Korman wrote:
It's hard to tell without the specifics, but this might be similar
to your challenge: http://www.tigerdirect.com. A good example of how
they deal with filters is to go down the path of browsing for hard
drives. You can keep adding filters by clicking on items in the left
rail/navigation area. As you get deeper in, they start to construct
a breadcrumb trail of filters you've added. I wouldn't say it's a
great experience, but they've made an attempt at handling some of
the things it sounds like you are dealing with. I'm not sure how
clear it is to people, but they are doing some useful things.
-Adam
On May 7, 2009, at 11:46 PM, Johan Sjöstrand wrote:
Hello.
We're currently designing a faceted search / guided search with
some very specific challanges:
[snip]
We're currently thinking you need to make one big pick. Structure
the filters on at least two levels so they're not all on the same.
That would make things much easier. But we are still open to the
suggested design until proven otherwise.
Have anyone of you seen an example of what is described here? I
know I haven't..
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