The menu metaphor: food for thought |
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Authors: | Kent L Norman John P Chin |
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a Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA |
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Abstract: | Menu selection in human/computer interaction is a metaphor of the restaurant menu. Although menu selection is widely used, its scope is currently limited, ill-defined, and information lean. A comparison of the restaurant menu and the computer menu reveal three avenues of improvement in menu systems. The correspondence of elements and features between restaurant and computer menus suggests that this powerful metaphor should be more fully developed. Second, there are a number of advantages of dynamic computer menus over static listings common to restaurants. Finally, restaurant menus currently have the advantage of breadth, richness, and graphic layout as well as a natural support system (the server) that is unparalleled in current computer applications. An analysis of deficiences in computer menus should prove invaluable in developing the next generation of menu selection techniques. |
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