On 6/20/2014 9:20 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
I agree with Janet, that the whole subject phrase needs to be kept together so that only the limited set displays when clicking on the phrase. There are lots of DLC authority records that include a main subject and subdivisions.
I'm confused now. Are we still talking about the subject browse index or are we talking about the bib record? If we're talking about the subject browse index, I would agree, primarily because the user is presumably seeing a hierarchy of subjects where the broader term may be directly above the term they are looking at and the narrower term is directly below. The current behavior is that the link keeps the subject phrase together when you click on it, so no changes would be required here.
If we're talking about the bib record, I have to say I put a lot of faith into what I'm sure is highly-funded usability testing done by Amazon. As Dan mentioned, the current link behavior for subject headings is similar to what Amazon is using. If the Evergreen community were to do a coordinated batch of usability testing (probably not a bad idea) and found that end users were indeed confused by the behavior, I might think differently, but I personally like the ability to click higher in the subject heading to broaden my search.
Kathy
