Last post, I talked about how I hate designing filters because my projects rarely give me adequate resources to explore three things: Time to find out what filters users are currently using Research to tell me what users would like to filter on but can’t The number of items that could be in the unfiltered … Continue reading “Designing filters: or, now you know where and how anne shops”
Before you ask, Sherlock Holmes isn’t standing in for the designer, he’s the user.
God I hate designing filters. I hate designing filters (also known as faceted search) not because I don’t know how to craft kickass filters, but because to be really effective at it, I need three things I almost never get offered by the person asking me to add filters: Time to find out what filters … Continue reading “Before you ask, Sherlock Holmes isn’t standing in for the designer, he’s the user.”
Two is the loneliest number
Last post, we talked about a website that offered express shipping for $12 even though it would arrive the same day as free shipping. The lesson there was “check your edge cases.” In that same vein, today we offer up this gem: Now admittedly, I live in the sticks, 30+ miles outside of Philadelphia, where … Continue reading “Two is the loneliest number”