On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 16:53, Conrad Canterford wrote: > > 7) Suggest max number of items on any one prefs tab be 6 - Will make > > those with few items not look like such a waste of space > > Not a criticism, but a question. Why? We're not talking dead-tree > production here, in what way does the size matter that much? If reducing > the size means crowding options together more, or forcing them to be > broken down into more obscure sub-groupings, surely that is a bad thing?
Human factors/GUI design folks would say that as a very rough rule of thumb 2 - 5 items in a menu is about right. So perhaps a max of 6 is quite sensible. Nigel
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