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| Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. In this example of ActiveCounts, a web page is allowing a user to qualify a subset of rows from a database for an eventual mailing. This database has nearly 300 million rows ... one row for each person in the United States. | Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. In this example of ActiveCounts, a web page is allowing a user to qualify a subset of rows from a database for an eventual mailing. This database has nearly 300 million rows ... one row for each person in the United States. | ||
| - | They can choose from any of the columns on the left, and then they immediately see the possible values on the right. As they consider their choices, they are informed by the counts for each value. They know the effect of their choice before they even make it. Each time they access the database, the response time is less than one second. | + | Users can choose from any of the columns on the left, and then immediately see the possible values on the right. As they consider their choices, they are informed by the counts for each value. They know the effect of their choice before they even make it. Each time they access the database, the response time is less than one second. |
| This provides a wholly different experience for the user. The application works the way the user's mind works. The user asks, "What categories of information can I choose from?", and he sees them on the left. The user asks, "What are the values in the database?", and he sees them on the right. The user asks, "What will happen if I choose one value over another?", and he see the counts before him. And it is fast enough to keep him interested and satisfied. | This provides a wholly different experience for the user. The application works the way the user's mind works. The user asks, "What categories of information can I choose from?", and he sees them on the left. The user asks, "What are the values in the database?", and he sees them on the right. The user asks, "What will happen if I choose one value over another?", and he see the counts before him. And it is fast enough to keep him interested and satisfied. | ||