Mary Deaton writes: >... when I open my music >library list on line looking for things to put on my MP3 player, I want the >list of artists or songs or albums in alphabetical order. In that context >and at that time, alphabetical is a well-ordered, predictable arrangement >that makes it easy for me to find Ryan Adams or Ziggy Marley. It is all >about context and user goals, isn't it?
Mary, what you have described supports perfectly my position that alphabetical ordering is the best when there is no logical ordering based on content. Alphabetical is not itself a logical order. That doesn't mean it's illogical to use it, of course, just that there is no logic on which it is based: It is arbitrary. Elizabeth -- 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
