In my last two posts, I wrote about how much I hate designing filters (because I never get the time and data to get it right) and the things I’ve learned about filters to make them better (even if I’m not fully confident in their necessity). And I told you all that so that you’d … Continue reading “Filters of nope”

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”

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.”