[Sigia-l] in need of quotes

[Eric Scheid]

On 4/2/04 4:28 PM, "Chang Su" <suc at ils.unc.edu> wrote:

> Hi, I am looking for two quotes related to IA.
> 1) how many top-level categories on a web site is best? Here I want to
> know the range of the 1st level topics on a taxonomy developed for a
> complicated domain.
> 2) how many level of links are best for the information seekers in case
> they get frustration and give up in searching procedure?
> 
> Any usability studies related to these two questions?


many interesting research projects have been done.

lots of links:

    http://IAwiki.net/BroadVsDeepHierarchy

related:

    http://IAwiki.net/HicksLaw
    http://IAwiki.net/SevenPlusMinusTwo

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