Speaking as a shopper...my 2 cents...
I hate anything that limits my ability to see the full field of
options, particularly when I am evaluating items with which I don't
have much familiarity.
It's also highly inefficient to re-initiate comparisons as a means of
evaluating more items. (i.e Did I have the XJR70 model in the last
comparison and is that one of the ones I wanted to keep looking at?)
Thus, I am not happy when I am limited to a fixed number of items to
compare at the onset.
Enable me to compare as many items as I desire and give me the ability
to remove items as I find that they don't meet my needs.
As for the scrolling, what I find best is to have the items list be a
horizontal scroll. Yes, horiz scroll has been widely frowned up and in
its early use was one if my biggest pet peeves.
But traditional horiz scroll interfered with reading. This horiz
scroll actually facilitates evaluation. Since feature sets are usually
larger than the number of items being evaluated, keeping a few items
visible horizontally enables efficient review because you only need to
scroll vertically through the feature set to compare them.
Then you simply remove the items you deem as not meeting your needs
and move the next batch into view with the horiz scroll. No need to
re-initiate the comparison.
And so on. At the end you have a manageable list of items to decide
from, all of which have the criteria for which you are looking.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 8, 2009, at 10:32 AM, alison austin <[email protected]>
wrote:
What's the general view: is it best to limit the number of items you
can add using compare functionality or better to allow an unlimited
number?
And, if allowing large numbers of items to be added, is pagination or
horizontal scolling preferable?
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