[Sigia-l] Facets, Flash, and Fun

[Joe 10]

For those wanting to avoid that nearly inescapable intro  (If I might 
quote Spinal Tap: "Such a fine line between stupid and clever.") you 
can also get to the camera browser at

http://www.iokio.com/demos/camerafinder/

I've been consulting on a similar system for financial products 
selection. Wish I could say more, but I will when I can.

Limit sliders (or range sliders) are nice in someways: Perception of 
infinite adjustment, logical update while the mouse is down giving 
that feel of control, and compression of many data points into a 
single widget make them quite attractive. However, if they occlude 
useful data or imply information not there, that's a problem.

In the camera example, with no explicit high and low points, one is 
forced to slide to the extremes to know the boundaries. And then keep 
that information in one's head since there is no "information in the 
world"

Conversely, when one slides slowly, trying to hit a specific point 
you get interim data points some of which have no corresponding 
change in result display. Towards the middle of the "Maximum Price" 
slider I read: 981, 1000, 1019 as I move as slowly as I'm able (since 
there are no increment buttons). Are those numbers relevant to a 
possible selection? If I had another slider set differently would 
they reveal or hide product choices or are they just mathematical 
increments?

And I'll keep the rest of my comments to myself :)

/Joe

At 10:17 AM -0400 4/22/03, Steve.Mulder at corp.terralycos.com wrote:
>  Hi all -
>
>Just wondering if everyone has seen the product selection toy at
>http://iokio.com/
>(Wait out the annoying Flash intro, then click to the digital cameras
>demo)
>
>Mmmm, sliders....
>
>steve
>
>
>`  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `  `
>Steve Mulder
>Manager of User Experience
>Terra Lycos
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