Title :
A Comparison of Cascading Horizontal and Vertical Menus with Overlapping and Traditional Designs in Terms of Effectiveness, Error Rate and user Satisfaction
Author :
Kara, Ayse Gul ; Cagiltay, Kursat
Author_Institution :
Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara
Abstract :
In this study, effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction of different menu designs were investigated. 24 graduate students voluntarily participated to the study. The results indicate that horizontal menus are more effective than vertical menus in terms of selecting sub menu items, overall task completion time is not related to menu design, horizontal overlapping menu design is the most effective one in terms of preventing user errors. Lastly, user satisfaction doesn´t vary according to menu designs.
Keywords :
human factors; user interfaces; cascading menus; error rate; horizontal menu design; submenu items; task completion time; user satisfaction; vertical menu design; Computer errors; Delay; Error analysis; Graphical user interfaces; Information retrieval; Internet; Land mobile radio; Mice; Mobile communication; Navigation;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2007. PIMRC 2007. IEEE 18th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394173
