Quote: the menu shows all possible operations on displayed icons; self-teaching, avoids remembering options [»smitDC6_1975, OK]

Quote: in a museum, the embedded menus of Hyperties used for two-thirds of all selections [»marcG1_1988]

Quote: users prefer menus with a medium to large numbers of choices [»kerrST_1986]

Quote: best to minimize depth of menu trees by using 8-9 selections at each level [»kigeJI2_1984]

Quote: for known-item selection, hierarchical menus are faster than fisheye menus; no difference for browsing [»hornK8_2007]

Quote: use split menus to move most frequent selections to the top; 17 to 58% faster [»searA3_1994]

Quote: significantly more time was spent searching the display when all alternatives were presented vs. permissible alternatives [»bakeJD6_1966]

Quote: dynamic menus move most frequent item to top; slowed down novices, no improvement after experience, strongly disliked [»mitcJ4_1989]

Quote: the initial menu contains the currently most useful commands; e.g., whether user has unseen notices

Quote: using pop-up menus instead of dialogue-boxes saved 11 seconds for certain telephone queries; estimated savings of $1.6 million in two years [»nielJ11_1993]

Quote: can select an object and then select a menu choice; a context-dependent pop-up menu is more direct [»smitRB10_1995]

Quote: can use different cursors such as a paint bucket; requires a selection to change modes; a pop-up menu is more direct [»smitRB10_1995]

Quote: with OLE's editing in place, you click on a graph for graph editing commands and click on text for text editing; only the menu changes [»seymJ12_1993]

Quote: even on large monitors, bar menus are faster than the best walking menu [»walkN4_1990]

Quote: pull-down menus on a menu bar provides a large target with an infinite height; allows fast access [»tognB_1992]

Quote: impenetrable borders and expanding target areas facilitate menu selection

Quote: the Macintosh menu bar is about twice as fast as the Windows task bar; widgets on the border should extend to infinity [»accoJ4_2002]

Quote: Apple menu bar at top of screen has infinite height; 4-10x faster than Windows menu bar on line 2 [»accoJ4_2002]

Quote: Star has universally applicable commands: move, copy, delete, show/copy properties, again, undo, and help [»smitDC4_1982]

Quote: use borders for fast access to the first and last item of a pop-up menu; leave the sides open for canceling the operation [»tognB_1992]

Quote: use window palettes for quick access instead of pull-down menus [»yankN1_1988]

Quote: Oberon menus are commands listed in viewer headers; take their viewer as argument

Quote: Oberon tools are short texts or graphics containing frequently-used commands; users can edit like any text [»wirtN9_1989]

Quote: to send a message in Smalltalk either make a menu selection or execute a statement [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: if mouse used with Smalltalk, then menus are hidden until a button is pressed; command executed on releasing the button [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: Lisa has a menu title bar; selection with a mouse, applies the command to the selected object [»willG2_1983]

Quote: select a menu option by typing its entry; non-matches remove first character, so change option by typing new entry [»thimH12_1978]

Quote: can abbreviate menu items just like other names; the first menu item is the default [»palmJ9_1979]

Quote: in Etude can use menus or keyboard alternatives [»goodM6_1981]

Quote: tabs are an efficient way of jumping through a great variety of information quickly; better than submenus [»seymJ3_1994]

Quote: point-and-click is 90% of a user's interaction with KMS; twice as fast as menu selection [»akscRM7_1988a]