From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-21 16:57:33
Beth Jacobson <bethj_at_[hidden]> writes:
> Most of your objections seem to be with the new page's usefulness in
> searching, and I agree that the arrangement I'm suggesting is less than
> ideal for that. Maybe the answer is to have separate pages: one for
> browsing and one for searching. If I understand correctly, David's
> objection is that that two category pages (or one 'by category' and one
> 'by type') will be confusing because people have no good way of choosing
> between them. David, could we avoid this just by changing the name of
> the new page from 'By Type' to 'Browse the Libraries' or something like
> that? If we try to make one page work for both browsing and searching,
> I'm afraid we'll end up compromising on both.
I'm afraid I don't understand the distinctions you're trying to draw.
When I think of "searching" in conjunction with the web I'm thinking
about using a search engine. Everything else is browsing to me. So,
no, I don't think that would reduce confusion.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com