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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: menu system design pointers?
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 14:17:23 EDT
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> 	Consider the following mini-menus;
> 
> 	[ menu with numbered selections ]
> 	[ menu with first letter of command as selector]
>
>	Which is better?  ...

It depends.  [Sigh, what a startling answer...]  If the customers are
working *entirely* with menus and are seldom if ever typing text, note
that a numbered menu can be used entirely from a numeric pad.  This will
be especially significant for non-touch-typists who haven't got the
QWERTY keyboard burned into the synapses in their fingers.  On the other
hand, if people are using the QWERTY keyboard for text entry as part of
the system anyway, that changes things.

Have you considered displaying both and accepting either?
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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