[Sigia-l] Faceted classification browsing tool

[Leo Frishberg]

Okay, I'm really confused.  I went to look at the site, saw pages of
explanatory large text and an opportunity to download the thing onto my
computer, which I thought I did.

Now what?  I even took the online tour, and I still can't figure out:
a) how did any of you know that there was a "choose book by color" category?
b) how do I get the client to work?

I obviously missed something really big, 'cause I can't even figure out how
to get off square one...

I really enjoy this feeling, by the way, because it's how 99% of my
prospects feel when they approach almost any new "automation" tool, so it's
really good to stay humiliated.

Suggestions?  Comments?


  Leo Frishberg
  Senior Information Architect

  W H I T E   H O R S E
  4640 SW Macadam Ave. Suite 100.
  Portland, Oregon 97201.
  503.471.4200 / Fax: 503.471.4299.
  http://www.whitehorse.com.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: alfred [mailto:alfred at thunderstick.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:16 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Faceted classification browsing tool
> 
> 
> 
> I engaged an expert - my nine year old son. He thought it was 
> interesting
> enough that he asked me to install it on his computer.
> 
> There are a few problems with the interface ... the loopy 
> back arrow isn't
> obvious, moving your selection to the box up top, which you 
> then click to
> get it to move back to the main 'action pane' - also 
> non-intuitive. When
> my son got lost, he just clicked on the house and drilled back in...
> 
> Once you play with it - it's pretty straight forward. I do 
> like the spiral
> view of the book - it's just cool. I think for the audience 
> they should
> add more sound effects - subtle but present.
> 
> I would like to see the thumbnails slightly larger or clearer 
> - it's hard
> to tell what you're getting without committing to opening a book.
> 
> That's my .02 and my first post to this list ...
> 
> Alfred Werner
> Thunderstick Software
> 
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Boniface Lau wrote:
> 
> > > From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> > > Behalf Of Christina Wodtke
> > >
> > > > http://www.icdlbooks.org/library/help/search_area.htm 
> explains it.
> > >
> > >
> > > writing in a giant font for children is like yelling to people to
> > > don't speak English.
> >
> > And that is one of the drawbacks of overriding user's default font
> > face and size.
> >
> >
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