Software Update

January 17th, 2006 - We pushed out a new build of the site yesterday. Alongside the usual bug fixes we introduced some new features that allows a more powerful way to navigate the site. First off we now show more values per property that people can narrow by. We also introduced the ability to view all filters for a particular property. When viewing all values for a particular property the list can get quite long, but it isn't an issue when you're looking at more specific product categories. Still, we're developing a more advanced system that will handle a large number of different values gracefully.

Second major change is the ability to narrow by multiple values in the same property. So you can now do something like cell phones that have both MP3 Playback and FM Radio as features. Again, we have in development a more sophisticated system that allows even more refined product filtering that should be released in the near future.

Lastly, we've found that people are more interested in viewing the products themselves when narrowing by multiple properties. So we've changed the system so when there are multiple properties active you're automatically taken to the product listing page. The overview page still exists where you can see all the relevant articles and information, but the default is now the product listing page. Alongside that, we've changed the default sorting on the product listing page to be based on price. We liked the random sorting before because it allowed people to discover new products, but we're trying sorting by price for now to see if people find that more useful.

Originally posted by Omar on Jan. 17th 2006