Product characteristic selection website

A material selection Internet website system, comprising:

• a webserver for connection to the Internet and providing for interactive product pages;
• a graphic user interface (GUI) based on an available material product page;
• a material product picture included in the GUI and representing a current material product selection;
• and
• a four-way navigation control included in the GUI that permits an Internet-client user to hyperlink to other available material product pages;
• wherein the GUI further comprises a mechanism to replace the material product picture with an alternative view of a currently selected material product.

A user interface for item selection from within a class of available items, the class of available items having at least one variable, common property, comprising:

• a navigation mechanism comprising at least one selection category based upon the variable, common property;
• an item description page for presenting one of the available items having a first common property value locatable within the selection category;
• at least one alternate item description page for presenting an alternate available item comprising a common property value within the selection category which is different than the first common property value;
• and
• a link between the item description page and at least one alternate description page corresponding to user selection of a particular common property value within the navigation mechanism;
• and
• a hyperlink to an order form to place an order for a currently selected product.