Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsla.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcsla!hestenes From: hestenes@sdcsla.UUCP (Eric Hestenes) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Re: menu system design pointers? Message-ID: <945@sdcsla.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 13:44:48 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsla.945 Posted: Mon Aug 5 13:44:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 03:14:07 EDT References: <42700001@hpcnof.UUCP> Organization: U.C. San Diego, Cognitive Science Lab Lines: 40 > > Consider the following mini-menus; > > 1=selection one > 2=selection two > 3=selection three > > selection: > > > S)election one > C)hoice two > P)ossibility three > > selection: > > and so on... > > Which is better? More specifically, can anyone give me pointers > !hpfcla!d_taylor The latter is better ( for most purposes ). I think the reason was due to the enhanced predictability of the letter - choice item pair over the number - choice item pair. However, the number is itself better for some situations, for instance, when you have two menu choices that start with the same letter. Gary Perlman studied this question experimentally; I'll look up the paper and post a summary ( unless gary chooses to do so first ). eric -------- Eric Hestenes Institute for Cognitive Science, C-015 UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 arpanet: hestenes@nprdc.ARPA other: { ucbvax } ..sdcsvax!sdcsla!hestenes