L3: Navigation & Menu Design Flashcards
When mapping goals, which is the best?
a. Explicit Match
b. Class-Inclusion Match
c. Equivalence Search
a. Explicit Match
Which part of a link or menu item is the most important for informations scent?
The first 2 words. (first 11 characters)
What is the ‘Scent of Information’?
Communicating information with users through links. The scent of information allow users to predict what they will come across when they pursue a certain path through a website.
Which of the following is NOT a useful characteristic of menu items?
a. Appropriate
b. Ambiguous
c. Familiar
b. Ambiguous
Link text should be less than ____ words.
12
Links should lead to information that is MORE ______.
specific
For links, use ___ ____ for scent and SEO.
key phrases. (avoid ‘click here’).
T or F: Links should accurately describe what the next page contains.
True
Menu items should imply _____.
action. “open”, “cut”
Menu terminology should be 1. 2. 3. 4.
- Familiar eg.) “Notes” not “Notation”
- Appropriate
- Discriminable
- Unambiguous
The maximum group size for a menu should be?
7 +- 2
Long lists should be in _______ order.
alphabetic
Menu items should start with _______ , frequency of use, and ________(logical).
importance, categorical. *Use analytics or user research for importance and frequency of use.
* Use card sorting for categorical.
What is the item order for a popup menu style.
- Primary
- Transfer
- Properties
Default item in a popup menu should be in _____.
bold
The display pixel ration determines how many “___ ____” are available.
CSS pixels
When the display pixel ration is >___, the extra pixels are….
> 1, extra pixels are used to provide smoother rendering.
What are the four-goal mapping questions?
- How do users know their goal is attainable?
- How do users know what to do?
- How will users know they’ve done the right thing?
- How will users know they’ve attained their goal?
