HFI's UI Design Newsletter: Breadth vs Depth

Description

During the last 5 years a controversy has been brewing concerning the breadth vs. depth in menu design for Web sites. Which is best? A site that is broad and shallow, presenting a lot of choices to the user right away, but only requiring a few layers? Or is it best to have narrow and deep, which means presenting only a few choices at a time, but requiring many layers in? As is usually the case, the answer turns out not to be so simple. In this issue of the newsletter we explore the variables that are emerging as important in the debate.

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