Buttons vs. menus: An exploratory study of pull-down menu selection as compared to button bars
| dc.contributor.author | Ellis, Jason | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Tran, Chi | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Ryoo, Jake | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Shneiderman, Ben | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2004-05-31T21:03:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004-05-31T21:03:12Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1995-06 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-10-15 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Button bars are a relatively new interaction method intended to speed up application use as compared to pull-down menus. This exploratory study compares three command selection methods: pull-down menus, button bars, and user choice of pull-down menus or button bars. Effectiveness was measured in two ways: speed of selection and error rate. 15 participants performed 15 word processor related tasks. Results show that in frequently used functions, such as character attribute selection (bold, italic, u nderline, etc.), button bars are faster. There were no statistically significant differences in error rates between the three interaction methods. (Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-764) | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 255317 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/postscript | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/428 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Tech Reports in Computer Science and Engineering | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Computer Science Department Technical Reports | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | UM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-3452 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CAR-TR-764 | en_US |
| dc.title | Buttons vs. menus: An exploratory study of pull-down menu selection as compared to button bars | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |