Tagged Questions
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Do non-technical/non-web savvy users understand the concept of tags?
Here at Stack Exchange we're currently wrestling with weaknesses in our tags system. As we open up new verticals – some of which include very non-technical users like cooking – we suspect that the ...
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Combine categories and tags in a blog-like website
This is a pretty specific question, but I really am not sure if it's the right way I'm thinking.
It's about a music blog with lot's of different kind of articles that needs a better way of ...
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Is it bad to use information architecture to describe multiple topics with duplicate category names?
I'm rebuilding a site from scratch and would like to make better informed decisions about UX and IA.
Is it bad to use information architecture to describe multiple topics with duplicate catagory ...
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Can tags have hierarchy?
Does anyone have experience working with nested tags? I could not find any websites that allow users to have hierarchies in their tags (equivalent to non-mutually exclusive categories). Is it a bad ...
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Tags interface for an desktop accounting application?
The ancient question of tags vs categories will probably never grow old. Of course, in its general form the answer is "it depends". So here's a specific case:
The application is an established ...
