[Sigia-l] Long lists

[Shep McKee]

Several common patterns come to mind, but some more detail of the  
problem would help. Are your users scanning the list for a particular  
CIC name that they already know, a CIC closest to them, or will they  
the CIC they are looking for when the actually see it.

For the first two, some manner of simple search feature should reduce  
the list to a size that is easier to scan. For the third, make  
scanning the list of CICs easier, perhaps by organizing the page into  
two columns. The left column would only contain the information that  
would needed to determine a match (Name and Location, perhaps); the  
right column would contain all the other information (contacts,  
contact details, web address, etc.)

A mix of both would support both types of information seeking behavior.

Best Regards, Shep McKee

On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Alex Trofimovsky wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I could use advise, and am wondering if someone can offer direction  
> or point
> me to some some research or papers with this issue: A client has a  
> page with
> a huge list of company contacts, and for them it is important that  
> people
> see the contacts but the list is so long.  Any way to make it easier  
> to find
> the contacts?  Link to public page:
> http://www.census.gov/clo/www/cic/members/004701.html