What you're referring to is called 'transitional volatility' -- how much the navigation changes as you use the service. In the key study on the topic, it was found that a little bit of change, consistent change, is good and better than a lot of change or no change at all.
Here's a summary of the study: http://noisebetweenstations.com/personal/weblogs/?p=1010 To test yours, you can essentially recreate the test used in the study. Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45003 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
