Comments on: The Catalogue is Dead, Long Live the Catalogue, Part 2 http://bruceharpham.ca/2009/08/the-catalogue-is-dead-long-live-the-catalogue-part-2/ Examining libraries, records management and emerging media trends Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:59:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Catalogue is Dead, Long Live the Catalogue, Part 5 @ A Curious View of the World http://bruceharpham.ca/2009/08/the-catalogue-is-dead-long-live-the-catalogue-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-305 The Catalogue is Dead, Long Live the Catalogue, Part 5 @ A Curious View of the World Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:53:46 +0000 http://bruceharpham.ca/?p=430#comment-305 [...] and difficult to redesign. Some of the ideas that I have discussed earlier in the series such as faceted search and visual search would likely require a major upgrade to new software, no easy task by any means. [...] [...] and difficult to redesign. Some of the ideas that I have discussed earlier in the series such as faceted search and visual search would likely require a major upgrade to new software, no easy task by any means. [...]

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://bruceharpham.ca/2009/08/the-catalogue-is-dead-long-live-the-catalogue-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Daniel Tunkelang Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:53:54 +0000 http://bruceharpham.ca/?p=430#comment-257 Part of the job of application designers is to make faceted search less jarring to users unfamiliar with it. For example, users are familiar with hierarchical taxonomies, and much of a faceted search interface can be made to mimic the look and feel of a hierarchical taxonomy--users may not even realize that they are able to narrow by facets in arbitrary order! Of course, users probably will get more out of faceted search once they understand and appreciate it. But there's no harm in making the initial education easy. Part of the job of application designers is to make faceted search less jarring to users unfamiliar with it. For example, users are familiar with hierarchical taxonomies, and much of a faceted search interface can be made to mimic the look and feel of a hierarchical taxonomy–users may not even realize that they are able to narrow by facets in arbitrary order!

Of course, users probably will get more out of faceted search once they understand and appreciate it. But there’s no harm in making the initial education easy.

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