2. What we’re going to do today Multi-phased usability study of our Faceted Navigation redesign Review challenges we faced implementing advanced faceted nav for a large dataset Specific focus on multi-select functionality Share how we overcame these challenges 2
4. Definitions 4 Faceted Navigation Allows users to define taxonomy on the fly instead of following a predetermined order Facet or Attribute The grouping (Variety, Country) Value Cabernet, Merlot
5. Multi-Select The ability to select more than one value within an attribute For example: Attribute = Memory Values = 1GB, 2GB, 3GB 5
9. Visual Options Traditional Single-Select Nav is a text link Multi-select introduces a layer of UI complexity Designers are finding other ways to display information 9
36. Overall Recap Provide clear feedback Highlight frequently used features Balance precision with ease of use Remember that the “product” is the focus 35
37. Other issues to consider Translating data from database into customer-facing values What order should attributes and values be in? What level of the hierarchy to expose each attribute? … and on and on 36
Make sure one is filled in (show HTML for contrast). No difference in terms of performance (be clear)
If you make it hard to use, they just won’t use it, and then it is less precise than the simpler version.
Search nav having same rules. Surfacing attributes at certain levels (ie forcing someone to go into Rings to see ring type in search). Caveats – other things to consider
