Faceted navigation is an elegant and popular solution to the needle-in-a-haystack job of finding the information you want on big sites, and one that is widely used in digital publishing interfaces. A facet is one feature of something that has many aspects. For example a facet of a car might be its colour, its engine size, the year it was manufactured, etc. So far, so good. But there are significant wrinkles with most implementations that need ironing out. Let’s take a look at some illustrative examples. Continue reading →