Interaction design patterns are constantly evolving and every now and then a really interesting one crops up. This time, it is a novel approach to faceted navigation, called 'elastic lists', which utilises information visualisation principles.
You are a weary business traveler at an international train station. And you have one pressing problem: you are hungry. Luckily, you spot a baguette chain store and decide to take a closer look. Their baguettes look amazing, especially that one on the right; fresh tomatoes and mozzarella in a crusty French baguette.
It is easy for designers to jump to conclusions prematurely. After seeing one usability testing session and identifying a flaw in the user interface, it’s tempting to design a solution that seems to fix it. But problems arise if one does not take the time to uncover the underlying issues: are you fixing the problem, or a symptom of the problem?