Kim Asked: >> Anyone seen any interesting rating interfaces lately? I'm especially >> interested in rating of CONTENT on a site (more than an ITEM you >> might buy >> or have bought).
> The one currently in use on Amazon product pages is actually pretty > nice. It > breaks down the ratings with bar charts so you can se how many > people rated > something a 5, 4, etc. It adds more meaning to the rating. I am working on a rating site now and let me tell you this is a tough nut to crack ! 1 - 5 stars are ubiquitous for a reason. One scale i really liked was a branded one: this site <http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Saddle/product_22653.shtml> used chili peppers. I have seen less... socially acceptable scale icons in certain magazines run by Hugh Hefner. Ebay has a nice rating interface on their buyer/seller feedback that allows them to use different Likert scales <http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Likert_scale> with the same graphic 1 - 5 star graphic. ie: Like - Dislike on one scale, Satisified to Unsatisfied on another. the quality and quantity of the data is important - if you rate 5 things from 1-5, is the overall rating a 4 or a 4.5 or a 4.2 or even 4.25 ? how important is that accuracy to your users? Another aspect of rating is "helpful/unhelpful" where 27 helpful vs. 3 unhelpful basically "rate" a post... thumbs up/dn is also used this way. Sites such as Yelp and thefunded.com use this as an addition to rating. We wound with a sort of LCD/LED meter like you see on equalizers, but horizontal. that way we can change the scale: 1 - 5 1.0 - 5.0 1 - 10 0 -100% without really changing the graphic... what that meant however is that we needed a real number next that gives you actual data: 3, 2.5, 7 of 10 etc. sort of like this: || || || || | (4.5) Again, this is a great place to brand your rating to make it unique. hope that all helps you get started ! jd -- Jeff Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.glassdoor.com ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
