showing some, but not all, of a set of items.
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8answers
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Search Vs. Filter- what is the difference
From the view of the user (not from a technical view)- What are the main differences between searching and filtering data, in order to get specific results?
i.e.- in both cases the user is looking ...
23
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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 ...
16
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3answers
517 views
How to indicate a table is missing rows that have been filtered out?
Do you know of any aesthetically-pleasing and effective ways of indicating that a table's contents have been filtered, without the filter information getting in the way?
Some background on my ...
13
votes
4answers
264 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 ...
11
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5answers
290 views
How to prevent bias toward top filter results?
We have a part of our intranet that lists all the foreign language speakers within the organization that fellow employees can reach out to if they need translation assistance. Naturally, there are ...
11
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4answers
412 views
Building logical criteria (with AND , OR, etc)
I am looking for inspiration on this. We have a Dot.Net web application, where we are building pretty complicated criteria. It works, but I would like to change this, re-shape this, possibly from the ...
11
votes
3answers
323 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 ...
9
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3answers
221 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 ...
8
votes
6answers
523 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:
...
8
votes
4answers
1k views
Filtering results with checkboxes
A colleague of mine and I have had a discussion about filtering with checkboxes on one of our sites.
We use a number of checkboxes to allow the user to refine a search, by selecting their areas of ...
8
votes
3answers
374 views
Progressively Filtering Options
I am modelling a selection from a product matrix. The customer envisions this as a series of dropdowns which progressively filter what is available in a subsequent dropdown.
So for example the first ...
8
votes
2answers
415 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 ...
8
votes
2answers
763 views
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 ...
8
votes
5answers
429 views
Is there a name for this instant filter search pattern?
I've been trying to find a jQuery plugin which creates behavior similar to that of Stack Exchange user searches. The user search used on Stack Exchange sites is not an auto complete, but is more akin ...
7
votes
3answers
833 views
Filtering vs. Sorting?
I'm creating a e-commerce site that will have different experiences for consumers and business owners. We're designing the business interface to allow them to quickly research existing and future ...
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.
...
7
votes
5answers
189 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, ...
7
votes
2answers
136 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 ...
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
235 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 ...
7
votes
1answer
160 views
Should filtering of data have an effect on the filter criteria as well?
My quesion is about filtering of data in a Windows desktop application.
I have a large amount of data coming from a database (> 900.000 records). The records are shown in a classic listcontrol (rows ...
7
votes
5answers
163 views
Searching for items that include/exclude an attribute
I have a list of items. These items have 1 or more colors (black, red, green or any combination of the three).
The user wants to filter the item on color. For example, show only the items that:
...
7
votes
5answers
937 views
Where to place list filter controls?
Suppose the user -- from a CMS backend WYSIWYG editor -- opens an Insert link-dialog. When having a list of possible link destination pages,
where would be an appropriate place to put filter ...
7
votes
2answers
538 views
Filtering: Additive or subtractive model?
A lot of sites use an additive filtration system while there is also subtractive now is used.
A difference in an interaction method:
Additive
First of all you need to choose a set of the options ...
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 ...
6
votes
3answers
398 views
Inspiration / examples of filtering several hundred (but not Ks) elements?
Our app supports decisions made on 500-1000 research proposals for our telescopes. The proposals have a lot of dimensions, so the users would like to be able to explore similar proposals. ("Proposals ...
6
votes
3answers
816 views
Filtering through a large table of data, thoughts?
Example: I have a large amount of data, such as a library of blog posts, or a massive amount of contacts, I am thinking that a data table visually would be the best way to display all this data, it is ...
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 ...
6
votes
2answers
269 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 ...
5
votes
4answers
148 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 ...
5
votes
5answers
139 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 ...
5
votes
1answer
479 views
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 ...
5
votes
2answers
109 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
162 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 ...
5
votes
3answers
124 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 ...
5
votes
2answers
469 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 ...
5
votes
4answers
806 views
Extensive filtering on search results page
I'm just working on a quite complex interface. There are/will be tons of items in it and there is a massive search feature. Search is filterable just like on Ebay or Amazon etc. Filters are very ...
5
votes
3answers
267 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 ...
5
votes
2answers
163 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 ...
5
votes
2answers
93 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
6answers
641 views
Two search bars on the same page or combination?
The main use of my site is video browsing. There is a search bar in the nav to search for videos. My site also has a photo section.
I need to add search functionality on the photo section. I'm torn ...
4
votes
3answers
762 views
Which is better to design a Filter?
Which is better for filter, select a single value:
Check box ( Use js to keep single selection )
Dropdown list
Radio buttons
Highlighted labels
download bmml source – Wireframes ...
4
votes
6answers
914 views
iPhone table view filter with multiple controls
Assume we have a real-estate iPhone app which shows a list of properties in a table view.
I would like to offer the user the ability to filter the list according to about 6-7 different criteria.
...
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 ...
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 ...
4
votes
2answers
86 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.
...
4
votes
1answer
159 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 ...
4
votes
4answers
129 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 ...
3
votes
3answers
653 views
Differentiation between filter and sort on a single page
We are building a contest site in which we are displaying a number of videos with a filter by state and filter by store option and a sort by vote (low to high) and date uploaded (past to recent).
...
3
votes
4answers
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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 ...
