Dmitry originally posted this question on my behalf. I'm grateful for everyone's contributions - thanks!
As Rob Pearson noted earlier, the context is one of general site navigation. It's not for finding a known, specific item within a lengthy, recognizable list (like a list of countries). It seems clear that few here would organize their web site navigation on a strictly alphabetical basis, so that's good, and not a surprise. But other than this informal consensus (and tons of real-world examples), can anyone point to publicly available research that confirms that a simple alphabetical ordering is not optimal for high-level navigation items? (A client arguing for alphabetical claims that no one organization will suit all visitors, so suggests alphabetical for neutrality's sake.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38149 ________________________________________________________________ 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
