[Sigia-l] Relationship between Search and Browse

[Cindy Hoffa]

Findability ---> where are the red sofas?
But once you get there...
Semantics ---> What works well with a red sofa? Wait, is a red sofa really
me? Well, what other crap do I need? Can I get it all here? Hey, look,
coffeetables...

IKEA gets this. They help you find the sofas and explore their attributes
relative to other sofas, but they also show through their room displays what
it is like to live with the furniture and how the furniture likes to live
with rugs and lamps etc...


-----Original Message-----
From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf Of
Listera
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:22 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org

"Richard_Dalton at vanguard.com" wrote:

> They just want the red things together, the blue things together, etc

No kiddin'. You just decided that all by yourself on a sunny Thursday
afternoon at 2:15 PM? Are all the pieces of furniture in your room the same
as your carpet?

> .... (and yes, I realize that this might be an over-simplification - 
> but its closer to the truth than organizing things by Hue, Value, 
> Chromaticity, etc)