I never said we should only expose 7 links.

Take for example the task "Find out more about this Haskell i heared about".

You would need to scan the right half of the front page and you need to scan 
the left part of the page. There you need to scan "About", it could be 
explained under "Why use Haskell?" or "Language definition" or "Haskell in 5 
steps" or "Learning Haskell" or "Wiki articles" or "Blog articles and news".

Where should i look? I have to scan a lot of text, i have to keep a lot of 
options in mind and for my taste the load is too much. Be my limit 7 or 20 
links.


hask...@kudling.de wrote:
> Most people feel overwhelmed when confronted with more than 7+-2 items:
> 
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/09/30-usability-issues-to-be-aware-of/

This refers to the number of items/things people can remember in their
short-time memory. This has nothing to do with the maximum number of
menu items you should use. There is of course a limit, but there is no
reason to limit it to 7+-2.

Cheers,
-- 
Jochem Berndsen | joc...@functor.nl
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