Re: What's Better: Dumbed Down or Loaded with Functionality?

From: Dan Lester <dan_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:51:48 -0600
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
There are a number of systems that do that by displaying the map of
related terms and showing how many are in each set.  I've not been
overly impressed with them so far, and I think they'd confuse many
users, but it is an idea.

dan

Friday, June 9, 2006, 8:48:48 AM, you wrote:

JD> So, say the user does a search that's somewhat narrow.  It returns
JD> results with some relevance.  It also does a broader search and, if
JD> that results in more relevant results, includes a note saying so, not
JD> implying their original search was wrong, but giving them more
JD> information to decide whether they should search in a different
JD> direction.



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