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SHORE 2001 : Web : The Menu Design and Navigational Efficiency of the E-Maryland Portal

References

 

1.         Norman, K. The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface             http://www.lap.umd.edu/pomsFolder/pomsHome.html

Describes the cognitive interaction involved in menu selections and the various designs which improve cognitive efficiency.

2.         Larson, K. and Czerwinski M.  Web page design: implications of memory, structure, and scent for information retrieval. In Proceedings of CHI ’98 Human Factors in Computing, ACM Press pp. 18-23.

3.         Zaphiris, P. and Mtei, L.  Depth vs. Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links. http://www.otal.umd.edu/SHORE97/bs04

4.         Nygren, E. and Allard A.  (1996). Between the clicks: Skilled users’ scanning of web pages.  Paper presented at Designing for the Web: Empirical Studies, Redmond, WA http://www.microsoft.com/usability/webconf/nygren.rtf

5.         Furnas, G.W. Effective View Navigation. In Proceedings of CHI ’97 Human Factors in Computing, ACM Press pp. 22-27 http://www.acm.org/pubs/citations/proceedings/chi/258549/p367-furnas/

6.         Nielsen, J.  (2000). Is Navigation Useful? http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000109.html

7.         Shneiderman, B., Anderson, N.S., and Wallace, D.F. Time Stress Effects on Two Menu Selection Systems Menu Design and Use. Human Factors Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction: Selections from the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Meetings 1983-1994. 1995 p. 105-109 Santa Monica, CA.

8.         Somberg, B. A comparison of rule-based and positionally constant arrangements of computer menu items.  CHI/GI 1987 Conference Proceedings on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface April 5-9, 1987. Toronto, Canada pp. 255-260

9.                Landauer, T.K., and Nachbar, D.W.  Selection from alphabetic and numeric menu trees using a touch screen: breadth, depth, and width menu systems. Proceedings of ACM CHI’85 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1985 pp. 73-78.

10.       Nielsen, J. (1998). Failure of Corporate Websites. Alertbox Column,
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11.       Bailey, B. (1999). Paging vs. Scrolling. UI-Newsletter, April. http://www.humanfactors.com/library/apr992.htm

12.             Chi, E., Pirolli, P. and Pitkow, J. (2000).  The scent of a site: a system for analyzing and predicting information scent, usage, and usability of a Web site. Proceedings of the CHI 2000 conference on human factors in computing systems  ACM Press, http://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/332040/p161-chi/p161-chi.pdf