• DocumentCode
    2291895
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    3-7 Sept. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394173
  • Filename
    4394173