Ajay Jain
Abstract
There is a time value associated with the action an application user must perform to traverse menu items to reach a specific option. The time value increases when menu options are arranged within multiple nested menus. This work proposes a new menu layout that helps reduce the time required to traverse menus, especially those with multiple levels of nesting. This work also includes the results of a statistical experiment that measures the time taken to traverse using the suggested approach. The results are compared with the time taken to traverse using the traditional menu layout. Experimental data (under pre-defined assumptions) seems to significantly favor the proposed approach. The work presents data samples, assumptions, and limitations of the proposed approach.
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Digital Library
- Grudin, J. "The case against User Interface Consistency", Communications of the ACM, 1989 Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Approach for reducing menu access time by enabling bidirectional cursor movement within nested menu(s)
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