Expandable indexes vs. sequential menus for searching hierarchies on the World Wide Web

Abstract. An experiment is reported that compared expandable indexes providing full menu context with sequentialmenus providing only partial context. Menu depth was varied using hierarchies of two, three and four levels deep in an asymmetric structure of 457 root level items. Menus were presented on the World Wide Web within a browser. Participants searched for speci

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: BEHAVIOURIT
• Authors: Panayiotis Zaphiris, Ben Shneiderman, Kent L. Norman
• Keywords: BEHAVIOURIT 2002, Expandable Indexes, Hierarchies, Menus