BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: UMCP-CSD//CS-TR-1944
ENTRY:: September 20, 1996
TITLE:: The menu metaphor:  food for thought 
AUTHOR:: Norman, Kent L.
AUTHOR:: John P. Chin , 
DATE:: October 1987
ABSTRACT:: 
Menu selection in human/computer interaction is a metaphor of the
restaurant menu.  Although menu selection is widely used, its scope is
currently limited, narrow, and information lean.  A comparison of the
restaurant menu and the computer menu reveal the following:  The
correspondence of elements and features between restaurant and computer menus suggests a powerful metaphor.  Second, there are a number of advantages of
dynamic computer menus over static listings common to restaurants.  Finally,
restaurant menus have the advantage of breadth, richness, and graphic layout
as well as a system of support ( the server) that is unparalleled in 
current computer applications.  An analysis of deficiencies in computer menus
should prove invaluable in developing the next generation of menu selection
techniques.
END:: UMCP-CSD//CS-TR-1944