Windows 95 Menu Styles:
Windows Explorer vs. My Computer

Appendices

Appendix A: Task List

Task 1
Put all files in D:\root\Final
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Corel\Suite8\Programs\Tools\Isgdi32.dll
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Mathematica\3.0\FrontEnd\Caches\ResourceMap.pbf
COPY - D:\root\cars\honda\odyssey\1998\red\new\text1.txt
SHORTCUT - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Access.lnk
COPY - D:\root\my documents\asdf\watch\text2.txt
SHORTCUT - C:\INetPub\iissamples\homepage\themes\gunmetal\layout.inc

Task 2
Put all files in D:\root\Final
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Corel\Suite8\Programs\Masters\Theme\Road
SHORTCUT - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Excel.lnk
COPY - D:\root\my documents\mommy\daddy\text1.txt
COPY - D:\root\cars\mazda\miata\smiley\big\hi\text2.txt
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc\Samples\Tutorial\tutorial
SHORTCUT - C:\INetPub\iissamples\homepage\themes\looseleaf\layout.inc

Task 3
Put all files in D:\root\Final
COPY - D:\root\my documents\lala\pad\text1.txt
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSDesigners98\1033\Mscreate
SHORTCUT - C:\Program Files\Corel\Suite8\Programs\Masters\Color\Ice
SHORTCUT - C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Word.lnk
COPY - D:\root\outgoing\work\jan\beautiful\chocolates\milk\text2.txt
SHORTCUT - C:\INetPub\iissamples\homepage\themes\journal\layout.inc

Appendix B: Raw Data

 

Windows Explorer	My Computer  Single Window	My Computer Cascading Windows
Time (seconds)	Time (seconds)	Time (seconds)
213	234	289
211	229	258
179	151	212
203	219	274
194	201	245
241	215	267
218	209	255
212	200	262
210	187	236
209	194	250
226	209	276
242	208	269
241	234	297
216	207	263
206	189	239
223	214	277
267	237	301
223	213	298
201	208	311
227	179	254
237	223	244
240	242	287
229	212	276
246	205	289

Appendix C: Survey

How long have you used Windows 95 prior to this experiment?

_____ Years  _____ Months

How often do you use Windows 95?
 

_____ Once a day	_____ Once or twice a month
_____ Once a week	_____ Less than once a month

If you have previously used Windows 95, which one of the three navigation styles do you normally use?

_____ My Computer: All-in-One
_____ My Computer: Cascading Windows
_____ Windows Explorer

Please rate each of the three navigation styles on a 1 - 5 scale (1 = worst, 5 = best).
 

	Windows Explorer	My Computer  Single Window	My Computer  Cascading Windows
Ease of Comprehension:
Ease of Use:
Information Displayed:
Lack of Errors:
Personal Preference

Any complaints or suggestions for improvement for any of the navigation styles?
 

Any complaints or suggestions for the experiment?

Appendix D: Survey Results

 

Windows Explorer					My Computer (Cascading Windows)					My Computer (Single Window)
Ease of Comp.	Ease of Use	Info. Displayed	Lack of Errors	Personal Pref.	Ease of Comp.	Ease of Use	Info. Displayed	Lack of Errors	Personal Pref.	Ease of Comp.	Ease of Use	Info. Displayed	Lack of Errors	Personal Pref.
3	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
4	2	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5
3	4	4	3	3	5	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	3
4	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	4
3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4
4	3	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4
4	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	4
3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	5	4
4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	5	4	3	3
4	3	4	4	5	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
3	4	3	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	3	4	4	3
4	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	3
4	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4
4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	4
3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	3	3	5	3
4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	5
4	3	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4
3	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4
3	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
4	5	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5
4	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	2	4	3	4	3	4
3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4

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