On 3/24/07, Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My problem with size-based listings (say, tagcoulds) is that my eye gets > attracted by the two/three big players and the rest becomes much harder > to parse out. > > Also there is already a discussion (at least between some of us) of > whether or not it's useful to show all items in a facet (as the facet > long tail is rarely selected when slicing and dicing at least until the > facet values are less than ~10 total). > > Personally, I'm a big fan of size-ordered facet lists with a cutoff at > the half size (you show the head of the tail until you cover at least > half the items). > > David like alphabetical-ordered facet lists better. > > I wish we could do a usability study to prove which one is better (if at > all!) ;-)
You have already answered the (implied) question - people have different preferences, so we ought to give them (visitors) options to shape the view themselves. -- / Johan Sundström, http://ecmanaut.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
