[Sigia-l] length of nav labels

[Drop, Daniel SIK]

Thomas Voirol said:
Even if you know that what you need is "binding screws" (as I assume the
typical McMaster user would), you have to read through this sea of words
containing a lot of other types of screws until you locate them on the
fourth line.

A typical McMaster user wouldn't have to read through the whole sea of words
per se. They are capable of quick scanning because there is an associative
progression in the list, which McMaster uses in its catalog also.  (Example,
nails next to nailers,  nailers next to staplers, etc.)  I like this
associative progression better than the alphabetical lists in Grainger.  If
you are using the wrong term when looking at the alphabetical list, it takes
more time to find the information.  (For my particular case, I was looking
for gate sliders. Using McMaster's lists, I was easily drawn to the correct
term "Door Track and Hangers.")

If I understood Jared correctly, this associative progression of terms
"lengthens" the navigation label of any one term, increasing the scent of
information. 

Daniel R. Drop
Programs Information Architect
Sikorsky Aircraft
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