Comment on Octopart Part Browser, built with JavascriptMVCComments−lowkey16yNeeds filters to be useful but otherwise very cool.−andres16yThanks for the feedback. If you click on the magnifying glass in each column header you'll get a filter for that column.−jeroen16yWouldn't a filter icon be more obvious?−andres16yWhat do you mean by filter icon?−smokinn16yFor filter icons usually a funnel is used:http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=fil...Magnifying glasses typically represent search.−boucher16yI think the magnifying glass is perfectly acceptable here. I think the "filter" icon is much less recognizable to the majority of users. (case in point, the author of the app hasn't heard of it).−Semiapies16yA funnel gives me precisely the opposite connotations as filtering.
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Needs filters to be useful but otherwise very cool.
Thanks for the feedback. If you click on the magnifying glass in each column header you'll get a filter for that column.
Wouldn't a filter icon be more obvious?
What do you mean by filter icon?
For filter icons usually a funnel is used:
http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=fil...
Magnifying glasses typically represent search.
I think the magnifying glass is perfectly acceptable here. I think the "filter" icon is much less recognizable to the majority of users. (case in point, the author of the app hasn't heard of it).
A funnel gives me precisely the opposite connotations as filtering.