[IxDA Discuss] searching within browse

[Dmitry Nekrasovski]

Not necessarily - it depends on the design as well as the audience.

For one of my recent projects, we built a combined faceted
search/browse interface with Flash, where users could combine search
and filtering on facets in any sequence they desired. The active
elements (filters if selected, search box if text entered) were all
highlighted in the same way. The representative users (non-technical
account executives) all found the interface straightforward and easy
to learn.

Dmitry

On 11/1/06, Miguel Gonzalez <maglez at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> As usual, you should research your audience, is they are mainly IT people whose like the maximum
> power up-front, then the search within category could be fine, otherwise don't do it, most people
> are used to search or browse but not a mixed one.
>
> Maglez.
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>
> --- Alok Jain <alok.ajain1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Amazon.com does this, if one searches for something, the left side
> > allows narrowing options, and after the first narrowing option it's
> > essentially just the browse structure.  The search also updates as one
> > narrows the result to limit the scope of search to selected category.
> >
> > The reverse case is also true where one starts with a browse and
> > search box is updated to limit the scope to selected browse category.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Alok Jain
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