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[Lars Torben Wilson <torben coastnet com>]

Hi,

Just found this--I'm looking for the complete article and related
info. This sort of thing will likely make good reading. Note that I
found this at http://www.hcibib.org, which provides a searchable
interface to a bibliography of 16,700 HCI-related documents with
abstracts. 


Hope this is useful.

Torben

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¤Evidence for Global Feature Superiority in Menu Selection by Icons /
Udo Arend / Klaus-Peter Muthig / Jens Wandmacher Behaviour and
Information Technology 1987 v.6 n.4 p.411-426

      © Copyright 1987 Taylor & Francis Ltd. 

Abstract:
A search-and-select paradigm was adopted to investigate which
visual characteristics of icons are relevant for menu selection. Two
icon sets (abstract icons, representational icons) were compared to a
word command set. For abstract icons, global features were used in
order to maximize their visual distinctiveness. For representational
icons local features were used in order to ensure a high degree of
representativeness and a small 'articulatory distance'. Results
revealed that abstract icons were searched and selected much faster
than both word commands and representational icons. In addition,
response time functions indicated that abstract icons can be searched
in parallel (no effect of menu size) whereas word commands and
representational icons have to be searched sequentially. Error rates
were small in all conditions, and there was no indication of a
speed-accuracy tradeoff. Thus, when icons are used in menu selection,
visual distinctiveness (due to global features) seems to override
representativeness (due to local features).