Pull-down versus traditional menu types: An empirical comparison?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 84-95

  Carey, Jane M ^a   Mizzi, Philip J ^a   Lindstrom, Leonard C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PERFORMANCE;

PULL DOWN MENU; TRADITIONAL MENU;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0030103463     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492996120292     Document Type: Article

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