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> Don't put anything at more than 3 clicks in. How do you balance that against the "maximum six plus-or-minus two items at each level" advice?
by wtracy 12y ago
> Don't put anything at more than 3 clicks in.
How do you balance that against the "maximum six plus-or-minus two items at each level" advice?
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoForgive my terrible maths, but doesn't that provide for 512 maximum functions? If your interface needs more than that, I'd argue it's time to reevaluate its scope.
- bane 12y agoThat guideline is just for choosing from a menu of options.
- onli 12y agoI think you shouldn't. That advice stems from the fact that most humans can remember ~7 items in short term memory. It got then mixed up with menu items. The argumentation is that only this way user can remember immediately after seeing the menu what was in it. But that ignores that user can open the menu again, they don't have to use the short term memory, and long term memory is not limited that way. Probably still sometimes a good idea to use that advice just to evade letting the menus get too cramped, but other than that, it is better to ignore this advice.