Wow! Thanks for this. As someone who misunderstood the research, it's helpful. But this brings up a question for me:
Intuitively, 7+-2 *seems* to be a nice boundary for many instances (number of choices offered, groupings) and I'm curious if there is research that bears this out. I know the book about how too much choice actually paralyzes people from choosing. and personally, I do have problems when I am forced to peruse a big list to choose something. Anything concrete from people? I think that the original research is misconstrued because it reinforces some design judgment/instict, and I wonder if there isn't something to that instinct. Or maybe I just want to oversimplify. ;) ________________________________________________________________ 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
