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Filters Audit
For a healthcare tools provider serving various medical professionals, I conducted an in-depth audit of the platform’s filtering and sorting systems. The platform featured multiple versions of filters. My role was to identify all variations, analyze their effectiveness, and recommend a streamlined filtering and sorting system to enhance consistency and improve the effectiveness of filters based on the information displayed on each page.
Identify Filter Variations
OPTION 1
DRAWER
OPTION 2
DROP DOWN
OPTION 3
CHIPS
OPTION 4
DROP DOWN & CHIPS
Analyze Options
To identify the best filtering option, I carefully assessed the pros and cons of each choice. I also took UX best practices into account during my analysis. This thorough evaluation ensured that selected options would promote intuitive navigation and enhance overall usability.
Recommendation
OPTION 1
Drawer
OPTION 2
DROP DOWN
OPTION 1
Drawer
Ideal for: pages that have 5+ filter categories
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Advantages: Prioritize and categorize information
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Do's: Display chips on page showing active filters
OPTION 2
Drop Down
Ideal for: pages that have less than 5 filter categories
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Advantages: Efficient use of screen space, simplifies user interface.
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Do's: Drop-downs will be in the white space of screen (except the organization drop-down)
