Re: Generalised approach to storing address details

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2006 10:44:27 -0800
Message-ID: <1166035467.569021.271710_at_f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


On Dec 13, 8:56 am, "Neo" <neo55..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > It has been proven in numerous research studies that menu's
> > use is deletrious if nesting goes above two levels...
> > Imprisoning users in Hierarchy and the simulation of paper in a more
> > powerful media, are anchors round the neck of IT users that you would
> > do well to not perpetuate.
> > Very little in the world is hierarchical.
> When using Google to read the multitude of posts within a thread (like
> this one), do people find it imprisoning or liberating to use the
> tree/hierarchal interface along the left side? Could it be improved by
> limiting the depth to two levels or by presenting that information in a
> tabular form?

I frickin' *hate* the tree view in Google Groups. I kill that pane whenever I see
it and just use pure thread view. Thread view rulez; tree view suxorz.

Hierarchy suxorz also, for most things.

Marshall Received on Wed Dec 13 2006 - 19:44:27 CET

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