Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-05 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:12 PM, David Fiander wrote: Actually, the idea of using AJAX to create a way to add and remove limits diagonally is exactly what U Virginia's blacklight interface does, although with a slightly different interface: http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu/ David - that is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread Gabriel Sean Farrell
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 02:36:55PM -0500, David Fiander wrote: > Markus, > > Thanks. It's also available in the ACM digital library, which is where > I found it. Speaking of "usability", why is it I can search for the exact title ("usability evaluation of library online catalogues") at the ACM dig

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread David Fiander
Actually, the idea of using AJAX to create a way to add and remove limits diagonally is exactly what U Virginia's blacklight interface does, although with a slightly different interface: http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu/ It's also similar to the way that Engineering Village allows for co

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread Genny Engel
Hmm. From the problems they identify, their proposed solution of adding Ajax controls to a moded search, in my opinion, utterly misses the point. Moded searches (and moded interfaces generally) have long been known to create usability problems. Rather than providing a search that works different

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread David Fiander
Markus, Thanks. It's also available in the ACM digital library, which is where I found it. - David On Feb 4, 2008 2:24 PM, Markus Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > White, H., Wright, T., and Chawner, B. 2006. Usability evaluation of > > library online catalogues. In Proceedings of the 7th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread Markus Fischer
> White, H., Wright, T., and Chawner, B. 2006. Usability evaluation of > library online catalogues. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian User > interface Conference - Volume 50 (Hobart, Australia, January 16 - 19, > 2006). W. Piekarski, Ed. ACM International Conference Proceeding > Series, vol. 1

[CODE4LIB] Usability evaluation of library online catalogues

2008-02-04 Thread David Fiander
A New Zealand based study published by the ACM White, H., Wright, T., and Chawner, B. 2006. Usability evaluation of library online catalogues. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian User interface Conference - Volume 50 (Hobart, Australia, January 16 - 19, 2006). W. Piekarski, Ed. ACM Internationa