Menu Selection
Advantages
• Ideal for novice or intermittent users.
• Can appeal to expert users if display and selection
mechanisms are rapid and if appropriate "shortcuts"
are implemented.
• Affords exploration
• Structures decision making.
• Allows easy support of error handling as the user's
input does not have to be parsed (as with command
language).
85Menu Selection
Disadvantages
• Too many menus may lead to information overload
or complexity of discouraging proportions.
• May be slow for frequent users.
• May not be suited for small graphic displays.