Guided navigation systems

Hal Shubin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.chi-web
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Does anyone have any experience with "guided navigation" 
search/browse systems? For example, when you buy a refrigerator at 
sears.com 
(http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Appliances_Refrigerators_Bottom+Freezer+Refrigerators), 
you get a list of categories on the left side. As you make choices in 
the categories (eg, "bottom freezer" or "black" or "$1000 to $1500"), 
the list of results automatically update.

I'm looking for information on what makes a good UI for this sort of 
system, how users respond to variations in the design, etc.

thanks				-- hs


Hal Shubin
Interaction Design, Inc.
617 489 6595
www.user.com

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