Timeline for Two-level menus: Why? and When?
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| May 15, 2013 at 19:50 | history | edited | Graham Herrli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 30, 2013 at 21:14 | history | edited | Graham Herrli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 30, 2013 at 19:08 | comment | added | Graham Herrli | @rk. True. Many modern hover menus do work smoothly when you travel diagonally, but if you're unfamiliar with the hierarchy they'll still slow you down because you'll have to move incrementally. Using these two-level-in-one menus when there are only a few items per level of hierarchy effectively broadens the hierarchy: broader hierarchies (as long as they're not too huge) generally reduce users' time and errors to find what they're looking for. (See Section 1.1 of this paper.) | |
| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:57 | comment | added | rk. | Amazon does a good job with their left navigation. You can move diagonally like you naturally would and get the desired result. | |
| Apr 30, 2013 at 18:55 | history | answered | Graham Herrli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |