Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to use faceted navigation
One area is in search. Faceted search such as what's offered in Solr search (http://lucene.apache.org/solr/features.html) can afford some real power filtering for the user. With rich search results, the benefits are obvious, but I could see the benefit of being able to drill down into one of two facets. Sorry I don't have any links to any resources or thoughtful posts on this subject. Hope someone else can! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46764 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to use faceted navigation
My gut says don't bother with facets if you have less than five. Any fewer and I think you're better off with a more basic tagging approach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iPhone) http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46764 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to use faceted navigation
It is especially useful when there are many different types of criteria, such as price-range, maximum attendees, duration, themes, which are somehow linked to one another with many article, product or data entries. Especially useful: 1. when there are many criteria in different fields 2. similar data entries with subtle differences (hard to scan or filter requiring advanced user knowledge) 3. if you have a very specific set of requirements for a user (e.g. behaves like a non-linear wizard) I am using faceted navigation for a client who has products with many criteria, also including 'themes', which can be expanded and interconnected endlessly. As you point out yourself, it may be overkill with only 2 facets. But if it's about combining parameters, the technique itself could be interesting. There's a good webshop in the Netherlands using multilevel facets which is an interesting approach. You can remove breadcrumbs if you've dug deep enough. http://www.bol.com/nl/l/boeken-engels/engelse-boeken-academic-study-tot-euro-20-2008/N/2900 1283 1285 4854 5260 7373 3139/index.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46764 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to use faceted navigation
check out the master thesis of Moritz Stefaner about VISUAL TOOLS FOR THE SOCIO%u2013SEMANTIC WEB http://moritz.stefaner.eu/write-talk/ma-thesis-visual-tools/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46764 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] When to use faceted navigation
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM, suze ingram suze.ing...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, When would you use faceted navigation in your designs? In design patterns, this question is addressed. For instance, in Quince, below is what we have for the Faceted Navigation patternhttp://quince.infragistics.com/#/Main/ViewPattern$pattern=Faceted+Navigation. The Problem is the first thing to consider--if that's not the problem your facing, that pattern probably doesn't apply. The Context further qualifies with other considerations that should help you decide if you should use it. Then you can also look at the Rationale and even Implementation and Examples to further get a sense of whether it applies. I'm not saying our pattern is perfect--we have a suggestions mechanism in Quince to collaboratively improve our patterns; I'm just saying that design patterns do address this question if done well. I totally disagree with the notion that it depends on # of facets, and in fact, tag is a facet--you can use this with just the tag facet and it works well. Problem People want to find something but usually have only a fuzzy idea of some parameters in mind. Solution Help people gradually find what they want by providing them with various facets that they can use to filter a result set. Context - You have a large set of information, too large for a person to easily sift through without being able to narrow it down. - Your information shares a set of common facets that they could be filtered by. - The facets you have are easily understandable by the users and are something they would likely want to filter based on. - Your users don’t prefer to navigate this kind of information in another way. HTH. -ambrose 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
