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Re: 3 or 4 clicks

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From: Jens Meiert
Date: Mar 9, 2006 11:30AM

> In terms of accessibility which option would be best: a web document
> with a list of ~30 links (all to different documents) or forcing the
> user to access 4 documents (make 4 clicks) to get to the final
> information.

It's certainly beneficial if you don't require many "clicks", but it's most
important that users can accomplish their goals (and constantly have the
feeling that they're on the right track).

Navigation structure is another topic, though, which is discussed
controversially (see for example HFI's 2003 newsletter [1].


[1] http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/apr03.asp


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