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From: Don Hinshaw
Date: Tue, May 03 2005 6:27PM
Subject: alternatives to a long select menu
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Hi there,
Client wants to set up an advanced search for services.
The basic search is a keyword search, but they have listings for 8000 services in 240 program types so the results are often too broad. So for the advanced search, they want to present a select menu with all 240 program types listed, and have the user choose one to narrow their search. This would be accompanied by a couple more filters like zip code.
I argue that it would be cruel and unusual punishment for a person using a screen reader or keyboard to navigate such a list, but I don't have a good alternative.
I am hoping that one of you does.
Thanks!
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Don Hinshaw
Hinshaw Design Group
http://www.hinshawdesign.com
From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Tue, May 03 2005 6:34PM
Subject: Re: alternatives to a long select menu
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>Hi there,
>> Client wants to set up an advanced search for services.
>> The basic search is a keyword search, but they have listings for 8000
>> services in 240 program types so the results are often too broad. So for
>> the advanced search, they want to present a select menu with all 240
>> program types listed, and have the user choose one to narrow their
>> search. This would be accompanied by a couple more filters like zip code.
>> I argue that it would be cruel and unusual punishment for a person using
>> a screen reader or keyboard to navigate such a list, but I don't have a
>> good alternative.
How about cutting the process into several steps /pages?
f.e. Your search has resulted in 3423423 results, please select one of
the following options to narrow it down.
For that many program types another option would be to offer them in
an A to Z list and go from there.
-- Chris Heilmann
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From: Don Hinshaw
Date: Tue, May 03 2005 6:40PM
Subject: Re: alternatives to a long select menu
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Christian Heilmann wrote:
> For that many program types another option would be to offer them in
> an A to Z list and go from there.
>
>
By an "A to Z" list do you mean a select list with <optgroup> in it?
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Don Hinshaw
Hinshaw Design Group
http://www.hinshawdesign.com
From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Tue, May 03 2005 6:52PM
Subject: Re: alternatives to a long select menu
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>>For that many program types another option would be to offer them in
>>> >an A to Z list and go from there.
>>> >
>>> >
>
>> By an "A to Z" list do you mean a select list with <optgroup> in it?
No, 26 links linking to separate pages...
-- Chris Heilmann
Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com
Writing: http://icant.co.uk/
Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/