[Sigia-l] List order

[Dr. Marios Pittas]

Joe I understand more of the problem now.. A couple more questions though:

1. What environment are you using? (i.e. need to understand if there are any
technological constraints, and "imagine some" user expectations i.e. app vs
web)
2. How is the current list sorted (is it the case that due to NDA you cannot
let us know)?
3. How many items are there and how many items do you expect to place in the
near future?
4. I understand that the list includes divisions, cities, countries, company
names.. is that correct, is there anything else? Is there any expecific
numbers/ratios?
5. What are the most commonly selected items by the users (e.g. users most
frequently select countries)?

Marios

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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
joe
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 1:08 AM
To: Stewart Dean; sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] List order


A few things:
* The list is a list that users use to indicate what group THEY belong to.
It's not a search interface.
* I'm not allowed to ask the users. A political thing. Just the way it is.
* The list will include something like this (can't do the real list due to
NDA-like paranoia):
California
New Mexico
Accounting
Denver
Australia
Marketing
New Accounts
Boston
Delaware

So I opt for alphabetic.

joe



>If the old timers understand a certain way and use it in a certain way then
>there is not point reinventing the wheel if they are the key users.
>
>If on the other hand you have different user groups that have different
>expectations then you need to be flexible. As always, the users will often
>tell you how they want things to be.  If possible why not offer all 3? With
>electronic systems there is no need to have fixed ways of viewing
>data.  What becomes difficult is finding the right default behavior. Which
>feels the simplest?
>
>If in doubt - ask the users. If you're not in doubt - still ask the users
>as you might be wrong.
>
>Stewart Dean
>
>User Experience Freelancer
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