[Sigia-l] Product Indexes - Good Examples?

[Kim Ladin]

For what kinds of companies is a "facet-y" product index appropriate? PeopleSoft, yes. They make a huge range of products which
customers can sort of mix-and-match. But what about a more consumer-focused company with a smaller product line? The desire for a
complex classification system for a product line makes me wonder if the company just doesn't have a good internal story about its
offerings, or a coherent way of addressing its customers.

-Kim

> -----Original Message-----
> Peter Merholz

> I'm thinking that it would be nice to have an index in a table, with columns
> perhaps being "product line" or "free trial" or whatever. Ideally you'd be
> able to sort on those columns, but at the least you could visually scan for
> things in those columns.
> (To some degree, I want to imbue an index with a touch of facet-y goodness.)
>