Periodically, we hear about the rule of 7 +/- 2 from inexperienced interaction designers: Users can't handle more than 7 bullets on a page, seven items in a form list, or more than seven links in a menu. This has no evidence in reality - on the contrary. The psychologist George Miller's conclusions apply to what we can memorize - not what we can perceive.
Current research strongly supports that broad structures perform better than deep structures. Users can more easily cope with broad structures, they have a greater chance of getting lost in deep hierarchical structures, and new visitors are able to get a better overview of sites offerings from a broader structure.
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It's calles "Nielsen Norman Group" not "Neilsen Norman Group".
I hope, that it is not as bad as Graffiti 2.
Periodically, we hear about the rule of 7 +/- 2 from inexperienced interaction designers: Users can't handle more than 7 bullets on a page, seven items in a form list, or more than seven links in a menu. This has no evidence in reality - on the contrary. The psychologist George Miller's conclusions apply to what we can memorize - not what we can perceive.
Current research strongly supports that broad structures perform better than deep structures. Users can more easily cope with broad structures, they have a greater chance of getting lost in deep hierarchical structures, and new visitors are able to get a better overview of sites offerings from a broader structure.
read more: The Myth of "Seven, Plus or Minus 2"
this "mashed-up" music style is calles "bastard pop".
see more at http://fm4.orf.at/connected/81238/main (sorry only german).
-pommes