I'm going to also push again your decision to give up on browsing simply because of a complicated or multi-faceted hierarchy. I don't think anyone here has been telling you to put every single item into a particular place in a single category tree.
Having a browse function that allows your users to, for example, "Browse by Size" or "Browse by Style" or "Browse by Function" etc... will not limit you or your users' browsing ability if you comprehensively study the different facets and categories in which users perceive the items in the catalog to belong. Place items in as many places in the tree as they belong. Not that this is the best way of doing it, but notice how Amazon has done it for this item (find the section "Look for Similar Items by Category"): http://www.amazon.com/Beck-Childrens-Wooden-Bookshelf-Shelves/dp/B000SOOEC8 Best of luck, Josiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38306 ________________________________________________________________ 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
