a technique for accessing information organized according to a faceted classification system, allowing users to explore a collection of information by applying multiple filters

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How to combine Faceted Search with 'browsing' action?

I don't have a UX background, so forgive me if I am missing something. I am working on a small demo, to explore browsing a list of items (movies) combined with faceted search. I was wondering what ...
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Seeking suggestions for faceted navigation [closed]

We offer insurance education. The filtering or faceted navigation of our schedule listing is in dire need of refactoring. Can anyone offer suggestions to how they would revamp it? Link to page. ...
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Faceted search - auto vs manual update of results

Question about faceted search. What should happen when user clicks on some filter ? should it update results immediately or is it better to click on some button ? Examples: Lets say about Amazon. I ...
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The Best Solution for Faceted-Search in Account Area

My company is launching a new membership site that displays data in a list. As the designer, I'm trying to design the account area with the user in mind. I'm having trouble getting the filters for the ...
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Show filtered results in real time?

We are building a product category page with a couple of filter options to let the user remove uninteresting products. The filter options are for example color, size, specific product features etc. ...
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New search pattern for eCommerce website, will it work?

I'm trying a new kind of search navigation (sort of tag based) where a user selects already populated options (relationships and occasion) and search. Already populated options are on the left ...
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How to link to faceted search results when using AJAX/async UI?

When you have a traditional faceted search that uses AJAX the user experience is generally good because there is immediate feedback on the current state of the system. The user will know what other ...
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Drop-down list with advanced search

I am creating a control to allow users to select an item from a list. The number of items can vary greatly - anywhere from a handful up to millions. A drop-down with autocomplete functionality seemed ...
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Only show table columns when users are filtering its specification?

The initial table display shows the required information like name and price. name | price If the user wants to filter the product on a specification like weight, the table adds a weight column ...
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Filtering Results: Parallel Selection: Checkboxes vs Links

I'm trying to resolve a discussion with a colleague and gain some insight into a common practice for search refinement behavior. I've read Best Practices for Designing Faceted Search Filters and seen ...
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Faceted Search and Infinite Scrolling Together

Is it a good idea to use faceted/refining search with infinite scrolling in terms of user experience? If so, would it be a good idea to statically position the search/filter component on a web page? ...
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When designing (UX/IA) a property search system what are some important things to remember?

I'm designing the UX for a property search system. The platform is FSIS. I am basically looking for best practices in doing a Faceted Search while being able to incorporate many refiners based off the ...
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UX for filtering a table of data

I have a table of data that can be filtered by name, location or status. The data of each of these columns will be obvious to the administrators of the Portal (i.e that the first column is child's ...
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Filtering and Sorting Names and Location

First post here. I have read some relevant posts on filtering and sorting. I feel I need more help in figuring this out. So I have this table data where there are 4-5 columns of different data ...
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Best practices for no search results

When no search results are returned, it's often useful to provide users with a productive next instead of a dead end in their journey. It's all very context driven, but here's a few of mine... If ...
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How to design linked filters? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Best practices for no search results I always get angry when I refine my search applying filters in any website and I get the 'no results' page. Why do they show me an ...
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A complex form within constrained space

We have a modal in our app where people can search for products within various user flows (in this instance it's for connect products in your inventory to your Amazon listings, so you can keep orders ...
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How should I refer to these two groups of filters?

On a search results page, there are a bunch of filters that are in two separate levels. Let's say the first level choices are Wiki, Files, People, Projects, Books, and Everything. The second level ...
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How should these filters work?

I have a product page with product reviews which can be filtered. The top level filters are by review type: All, videos, product reviews and stories. Product reviews and stories can then be filtered ...
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Which is the correct way to implement faceted search filtering: links vs checkboxes?

Is there a difference between implementing filtering options using links (or radio buttons), ie. you can only check one, versus using checkboxes? For example: Youtube uses links, you can only select ...
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Are ''updating results ,please wait' modals really needed to indicate a change on a search-results page?

Consider a search page (say kayak.com for a good example) , with lots of options/filters. Filtering updates the results through Ajax, so without a page refresh. On most of those sites, after ...
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How to display a faceted-search menu where categories could contain just 1 or over 100 choices?

I've been tasked with the following. Review organization of search facets at left. we have an issue where certain facets have >10 options and can have N options define/design a new UI/UX to handle ...
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What controls to fix this Filter?

https://www.scic.com/schedule I'm looking to replace the filters on the right side of the page and need to know some of the possiblities. For the date selector, I'm looking at using: ...
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Combining breadcrumb and selected facets/filters into one

Given a site with faceted-search, etc. I want to display the facets a user has selected, not only as part of the faceted-navigation controls (left vertical) but also at the top of the page. Showing ...
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Search/Filter for automotive search

I'm creating a search form for an automotive website, and we want to use auto-suggest to recommend filter sets to refine the data. I've never designed search results that also incorporate search ...