How to Overcome Disorientation in Mobile Phone Menus
A Comparison of Two Different Types of Navigation Aids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15216122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martina Ziefle (0000-0002-6105-4729, RWTH Aachen University, corresponding author), Susanne Bay (RWTH Aachen University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 393-433 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human-Computer Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0737-0024 • E-ISSN: 1532-7051 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327051hci2104_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2148588501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
The current study was concerned with the basic question of how to overcome users ’ disorientation when navigating through hierarchical menus in small-screen technical devices, as for example mobile phones. In these devices, menu func-tions are typically organized in a tree structure. Two different navigation aids were implemented into a computer simulation of a real mobile phone (Siemens S45®). The interface of the first navigation aid (the “category ” aid) showed the name of the current category as well as a list of its contents. The interface of the other navi-gation aid (the “tree ” aid) was identical to the first except that it also showed the parents and parent–parents of the current of the category and it indented the sub-categories to emphasize the hierarchical structure. For the study, 16 younger (23–28 years) and 16 older adults (46–60 years) had to solve 9 common phone tasks twice consecutively to measure learnability. To gain further insight into user characteristics modulating navigation performance and possibly interacting with the utility of the navigation aids, we assessed users ’ verbal memory and spatial
Computer security · Human–computer interaction · Internet privacy · Linguistics · Mobile phone · Phone · Telecommunications · Communication · Computer Science · Interactive and Immersive Displays · Mobile Learning in Education · Psychology · Usability and User Interface Design
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |