On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Vishal Iyer <vishaliy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The VW example leads another question- search v/s filtering. Its > always 'faceted filtering' not > search, isn't it? > ---- We discuss this in the Faceted Navigation<http://quince.infragistics.com/#/Main/ViewPattern$pattern=Faceted+Navigation>pattern in Quince. One of the points in the rationale is this: This is sort of the inverse of the common “Advanced Search” screen that many have employed over the years, and it is better because it doesn’t require the user to know or specify these details up front. It is encouraging and usually optional because they’re not confronted with a big, complex form they have to fill out in order to start exploring the data and, if implemented well, it actually encourages more exploration by fast updating based on progressive facet selection. I think the distinction in facet kinds (i.e., those you might pre-select for a search vs filter on with facets) should be based on an understanding of the most crucial facets for your domain *that people are likely to know (and want to filter on) up front*. For instance, in flights, knowing place of departure/arrival and dates are the most crucial and are the most known of all the facets. Maybe keyword is the most feasible starting facet in a domain like Amazon that sells everything, but you can also choose a department if you think you know it (though it's not required, which is important). Also, it seems to me that if your total set is (and will remain) small enough not to cause anxiety and/or perf problems, you could even just start with an all listing and filter down from there. But I guess this might be playing with fire unless you do enough testing to validate. -a ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
