Alphabetical order is no better than random order if the user does not know what to look for. Alpha order aids in scanning through a list of things with known names, to find the one sought.
>I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a >long-set of standing rules. It is also a means of ordering that people >learn, in Western culture, from the day they begin to learn to read. As >Chauncey says, it is the way to order when no other order makes sense. > >Mary Deaton -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
