Re: Number of clicks with new Admin menu

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 [email protected] wrote:
> I prefer the re-organized top-level nodes as well. But this
> re-organization required re-drawing my mental map to understand how all
> of the sub-nodes have been re-organized into these parents. I think the
> idea of allowing people to customize their menu structure is novel, but
> wonder how many users need this kind of functionality.
> 
> An overview of functions might help fit many scenarios with fewest 
> clicks. What happens with a narrower organization is that a lot more 
> exploration and learning is required to find your way to the functions 
> buried deep within the tree. This is ok and is perhaps favorable to 
> some. What works in the narrow versus broad debate comes down to 
> preference. So with that in mind, I think an overview works to 
> supplement the drill-down menu.

How about automatically unfolding all child menus at a certain level?  
You click "administer", "content" and *ploof* ... you see all direct and
indirect child menus of "content".

Anyway, personally I think nothing should be more than 4 clicks away.

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