showing some, but not all, of a set of items.
2
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1answer
25 views
Notify users with deactivated JavaScript that “secondary” functionality is missing?
On http://xmpp.org/xmpp-protocols/xmpp-extensions/ there is a table listing items with different statuses (active, obsolete, final, …).
When JavaScript is activated, there is a filter widget above ...
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5answers
210 views
Should we prioritize use or linguistic?
I've been working on a project, and I found an interesting dilemma.
The application I'm working on has this filter, let's say something like this:
By default, none of the "options" are selected, ...
2
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0answers
71 views
Do multiple attribute navigations meet information seekers needs
I have been given a proposal that we are considering for the navigation of a content heavy health based site, it has been suggested:
one filter for disease type (type 1 diabetes, MS, prostate ...
4
votes
2answers
52 views
Interaction model for hierarchical selection
For a line chart, I would like the user to be able to drill-down and look at how specific groups are fairing over time. First, there is the selection of dimension and then groups within that ...
6
votes
2answers
272 views
How can we visually improve the nested rule/predicate builder?
This has been discussed a bit here: Building logical criteria (with AND , OR, etc) - but we felt the examples left a lot to be desired.
Apple (with their hidden nested rules/predicate builder) in ...
7
votes
2answers
141 views
Combination of text and drag and drop search
I am designing a filter function for a software application (not a web site) which contains multiple input controllers. A text input is used in combination with a drop zone for files (for drag and ...
6
votes
3answers
169 views
Should we use Microsoft's feature names, or our own? “Autofilter” vs “Column filter”
Many Microsoft softwares, like the Office suite and the Windows Explorer, feature a type of column filter that they have dubbed the Autofilter.
It filters rows based on column content.
It adapts the ...
5
votes
3answers
126 views
Filter options - Preferable to use an 'all' box or a 'clear' link to restore default settings?
I'm currently working on a search engine, filter options are provided to allow users to refine their searches.
Example:
TYPE
[box] Firm
[box] Lawyer
[box] Transaction
[box] Company
When the ...
2
votes
2answers
112 views
Adding paging, sorting and filtering toolbars to a table
I have a bunch of report views, which essentially are tables. They should enable the user with sorting, paging and filtering capabilities.
My idea is to add those features via menu-bars.
Paging ...
3
votes
1answer
114 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
93 views
How fluent should filters be?
I have a few types of filters for a table and they should be concatenated.
So in the end I should get something like this:
URL contains google.com and Visits > 1000 and Date is before 30.12.2011
...
5
votes
2answers
111 views
Filters on top or on side of the table
I have 2 options to show filters for a table. One option places filters on the top and the other on the side of the table. For both options we'll give users the ability to hide the filters (by ...
5
votes
1answer
166 views
Building search interfaces with a large number of options
I'm about to start developing a web interface to a search - it indexes a large number of items with a lot of metadata, so there is a need to enable searching in multiple ways over lots of data.
There ...
13
votes
4answers
283 views
Adding “Select…” as first option (placeholder) of dropdown list
Would it be considered a good practice to add the word "Select..." as the first option of a dropdown list? I think it's redundant and not at all necessary and what is in the dropdown list should be ...
5
votes
4answers
133 views
A scalable solution to define user-group membership
I am trying to solve this design question for my class. The problem is simple - there are thousands of users and I have to design a UI that lets you associate them with a group.
I found this ...
2
votes
3answers
89 views
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 ...
9
votes
3answers
223 views
Which color swatches best help users filter products?
I'm currently working on a design for a product filter, and one of the attributes will be color. Products will have any of several dozen specific colours, but it makes more sense to give users a ...
5
votes
2answers
95 views
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 ...
4
votes
2answers
87 views
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.
...
3
votes
4answers
66 views
Syntax conventions for search terms: wildcard, literal, options, etc
I have an application that presents a list of items and multiple filtering criteria.
Some of the filtering criteria take a string value for the filter, and the application currently supports basic ...
2
votes
1answer
85 views
How to search/filter long lists that incl. tree structure and flat structure?
I am currently working on a piece of software in which a user needs to select a group in order to display a information about that group.
Details as follows:
The user must select only 1 group at a ...
3
votes
4answers
100 views
How can I allow multiple and explicit filters
There are N categories, each displays its own stuff when enabled.
The user initially sees stuff from all categories (they are all enabled).
Category actions:
Disable a category. This shows stuff ...
0
votes
3answers
93 views
To what extent is it sensible to use filter and sort options together?
Working on e commerce shopping site I am observing that user sort first and then refine their result. Giving both option confusing the user ?
5
votes
5answers
140 views
Is it user-friendly to not provide the option to filter by price?
I'm currently working on an e-commerce website which sells magazines, books, subscriptions, and training materials.
When the user searches for a product filter options are provided to refine his ...
1
vote
7answers
122 views
Possible functions for a column in a grid, list or table
I'm working on a portfolio management system at an investment company, which will include a list of stocks held and their attributes such as name, issuer, market price, value etc. These will be listed ...
8
votes
6answers
526 views
Does a list of checkboxes necessarily mean multiple choices?
I'm currently reviewing the usability of an e-commerce website. When the user searches a product, filter options are provided to refine his search.
The following list of checkboxes is available:
...
23
votes
5answers
1k views
Adaptive UI vs. recognizable UI
I'm reading a thesis which discusses Task-focused user interfaces. They discuss an application which adapts/filters views based on relevant items determined by an interaction history. They prove their ...
4
votes
2answers
96 views
Adding new data while filtering current data
I'm working on a table that includes employee data (Name, Age, Position). Above the table I have a live filter that can filter the data by Age Group and Position.
I'd also like the possibility of ...
6
votes
4answers
83 views
Where should the user end up when clicking “Previous” or “Next” on a search result?
I´m having a discussion regarding how our site filter should work.
The requirements has been the following:
User enters the site and makes a search for eg. "jackets"
Let´s say that we get 10 ...
7
votes
7answers
682 views
“All” vs. “Any” for a choice which indicates lack of filtering
I have a table of items that can be filtered by many aspects, one of which, for example, is status. The filter is represented by a dropdown, where the default option is to not filter by any status.
...
5
votes
3answers
268 views
Search filtering (all vs. selected areas)
This is the part of our advanced search screen for searching the documents:
It works like this:
if the "Search in documents containing any language" is selected and users clicks on a check-box ...
2
votes
1answer
160 views
Alternative to a popup table
I need some advice please.
I currently have a screen and the plan is to completely redesign it. But first, to tell what is does.
It is a screen for managing orders, much lick a standard order form, ...
3
votes
2answers
694 views
Search filtering UI in a mobile app?
I'm making a mobile app for searching an extremely large dataset (trademarks) that have each been tagged in one or more of 45 categories. (E.g., "Budweiser" might be tagged in both clothing ...
3
votes
1answer
69 views
Printing Job Queue Grid display
I'm building a Printing Job Queue Grid Layout which contains 9 columns( Name, Status, Owner, Duration, Material 1, Material 2, Material 3, Material 4, print mode... (relevant for the current printing ...
5
votes
2answers
484 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
68 views
Search Select View Pattern Question
We're making a monitoring application and in it we have a pattern where, in a single screen, we have search, select and view functions. The basic principle of the pattern is we filter on something, ...
5
votes
2answers
164 views
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 ...
1
vote
3answers
111 views
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
237 views
user interface for multiple selection filter?
I have a user interface where there is a field with multiple options. There are a great many options so I'm using a type-ahead filter to assist discovery and selection.
Is there any another good way ...
3
votes
2answers
125 views
Segment control with NULL selection
In our Android application we have a list view of items. The items can be members of two different groups, Group 1 and Group 2, but can also be without group. To filter the list to show the items in a ...
3
votes
3answers
83 views
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 ...
4
votes
1answer
160 views
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 ...
8
votes
2answers
420 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
82 views
Suitable control to specify a filter parameter with a main category and its subcategories
I'm designing a list view to show workflows. The worklflows can be divided into two main categories, workflows that are ongoing and workflows that will not have any more processes.
These categories ...
5
votes
4answers
149 views
How to lead users through a mandatory 3 step list select?
Developer here (I'd like to say designer but I get stuck with the code work either way).
As part of a much larger system I have built a system to sign up for a course.
A user can land on this ...
11
votes
3answers
324 views
Move filter from sidebar to top?
Has anyone moved their sidebar filter (similar to eBays filter, left example) to the top (YouTube example)?
How did the users respond? I'm tempted to put it on top to keep the UI clean and tidy, but ...
1
vote
2answers
131 views
Adding a filter on a tab nav bar
I have a list of posts that are sortable by type/category. The default is 'all'. Other types are 'messages', 'files', etc. When a user clicks on the tab, these posts are refreshed via ajax to their ...
3
votes
3answers
499 views
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 ...
7
votes
5answers
338 views
How to indicate AND and OR in a search form
I am designing a search form where the user has to indicate if the field is required or optional, this will affect the way the query is built. For example if the user marks the field as required, in ...
4
votes
3answers
83 views
Tagging Projects on a Portfolio
I am wanting to organize my work on my portfolio with tags. I am wondering if I should have tags describe the type of work and systems used AND a description of what the project is.
For example: A ...
