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--- In [email protected], Travis Wilson
<trav@f...> wrote:
> I'm excited by your slider interface. My main question about it
is: what
> are the sliders' initial positions?
<snipping many good questions>
My apologies - what I didn't make clear was that the slider
interface was purely conceptual, and just our way of describing what
we're thinking about and setting out to define further.
It's possible that you'd get to the slider interface by first
viewing a thumbnail page and clicking on the product that looks like
the closest starting point. This would be in line with the goal for
this interface - which is to allow users to browse products, begin
to shape a custom solution by using something along the lines of the
slider interface, then jump from there into a very detailed, very
powerful product configurator/modeller where a client-specific
solution is specced out.
The tool mentioned in the last step already exists, but the issue we
see is getting users past it's "blank slate" starting point - much
like the MSOffice tools provide different document or presentation
templates as starting points.
I'll keep an eye on your tool, thanks for the response.
Best Regards
Michael Boyink
Holland, MI
http://www.boyink.com
>
> FacetMap, a faceted browsing tool familiar to many on this list,
is on the
> verge of releasing a version that technically enables exactly what
you're
> talking about. We are defining numerical facets like yours
as "range" or
> "spectrum" facets, and working them into our existing interface.
I'll post
> again when it's ready, but you can see the present interface
(which browses
> taxonomic facets) now at <http://facetmap.com/browse.jsp>.
>
> Travis Wilson
> Development
> http://facetmap.com
>
> At 03:34 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi all -
> >
> >My name is Michael Boyink, and I'm an independent consultant from
West
> >Michigan.. I've been subscribed to the group for some time now -
having
> >originally subscribed to learn more about the list topic as it
pertained
> >to website navigation as it seemed to be a more powerful way to
present
> >complex content.
> >
> >I'm now bumping into a project that feels related in a different
way,
> >and I need to see if I'm "in the right room".
> >
> >Let me see if I can stay on the lawyer-friendly side of the NDA I
> >signed, and give you enough information to provide any insight.
I have
> >a client that manufactures a complex, highly configurable product.
> >Their product comprises several product lines. These product
lines all
> >share traits, but have differing amounts of those traits. They
want to
> >provide a tool to browse typical configurations of their products
based
> >on the users selecting which amounts of each trait they are
interested
> >in.
> >
> >For example, if this client was an auto manufacturer, picture a
tool
> >where you could go and see a picture of a car. Under that car is
a
> >"graphic equalizer" arrangement of sliders, labeled "Horsepower",
> >"Towing Capacity", "Passenger Space", "Price", "Utility" etc. As
you
> >choose a slider and adjust it, the picture of the car would
change to a
> >different model from that manufacturer. If you slid "Towing
Capacity"
> >high, and "Passenger Space" low, the interface might present you
a truck
> >rather than a car, etc.
> >
> >This almost feels like "multifaceted browsing" rather
than "multifaceted
> >classification", but my gut feeling is that they are related at
the root
> >level, and possibly just a different interface running on the same
> >dataset.
> >
> >So first of all, am I in the right room here? Has anyone seen or
built
> >such an interface? Would some of the tools discussed on this
list be a
> >good starting point for developing this sort of thing?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Mike Boyink
> >Holland, MI
> > <http://www.boyink.com/> http://www.boyink.com
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