Quince from Infragistics

January 7, 2010

The UX “thing” is gaining momentum. “UX” means user experience. The idea is that a naked search box won’t do the job for some people looking for information. A reader sent me a link to the Quince EX Patterns Explorer Web page. I ran some queries and did some clicking. One of the screens that the system generated was a display of user interface controls. Here’s a portion of that display:

On the left side are tabs that provide one click access to recently viewed patterns. On the right side of the display are filters; that is, keywords that narrow the result set. In the center, are the hits.

Infragistics makes controls for Microsoft implementations. With a bit of poking around I located a Quince Web log and a quite useful write up about “Faceted Navigation”. I think that Infragistics provides the interface or UX components to a couple of the companies profiled in the write up, but I can’t be certain.

If you want a crib sheet for facets, check out this document. Infragistics’ main Web page is here, but the number of options and the UX controls can be a bit baffling to an addled goose like me.

Stephen E. Arnold, January 5, 2010

A freebie, darn it. I will report this situation to the Delaware River Basin Commission.

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under News, Search, Technology, Text processing

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.