Hi, Unfortunately I'm unable to give any more details. We're going to progress the drop-down list solution with a few variations and then get some user testing on it, perhaps some A/B split tests as well.
Thanks, Nik -----Original Message----- From: USABILITY MEDIC [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 January 2009 14:36 To: Nik Lazell Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recommendations on UI for filtering content / switching user-roles. Hi nik Are you able to divulge the URL. I'd like to be a little more familiar with the content and such before Inoffer any suggestions. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2009, at 6:25 AM, "Nik Lazell" <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently joined this list so hope I have followed the standard > etiquette for posting messages. > > Does anyone have any recommendations of sites using a technique for a > registered user to switch their view of a website from job-specific to > 'show all'. > > So if a user chooses to view the site as their registered job role of > 'Travel Writer', whilst they will be able to access all the content on > the site, role-specific articles will be promoted more heavily within > the site pages. If the user chooses to 'View all' then the content > emphasis changes to a more level approach. > > Would you suggest a simple dropdown box in the header of the site be > sufficient? If so this would only have options of > > - Your role (Travel Writer) > - View all > > Is this adding in an unnecessary option of 'your role' as a user > wouldn't be able to switch to it as it is their current state. > Though we > could highlight it to show it is the current active state. > > We would also have a visual indicator above the drop-down indicating > their current view. > > I'm thinking a simple text link would not really be strong enough to > illustrate how you can change the content emphasis. > > Interested to hear the groups thoughts on this. Also if it is a > dropdown > list, what's the consensus on Go buttons? > > The audience would be parents and medical professionals. > > Many thanks, > Nik > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 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
