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The short weekly studies provide us with a great understanding of how our members feel about the various internet issues and trends. Studies are conducted on line, taking a random sample of about 1000 members, who are also encouraged to submit additional comments.

Click any of the Studies listed below to view summary results and a selection of participant comments.

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Participants

Q240014. The Fine Print	2024-04-19 to 05-01	600
Q240013. FAQ	2024-04-12 to 04-23	600
Q240012. Is Easy?	2024-04-05 to 04-16	600
Q240011. Icon/Text Buttons	2024-03-29 to 04-08	600
Q240010. iBank	2024-03-22 to 04-02	600
Q240009. Support emails	2024-03-15 to 03-26	600

Study Q240008. Home Page Menu

Question -
One common dilemma when designing home pages is how much information about sub-menus to include.

Some sites simply list the items of the main menu and trust that the contents of the site will be obvious. Others include both the main menu and sub-menus on the home page which helps you to make a more accurate selection but can also make the page look cluttered. Others still use some form of mouse-over which allows you to see the sub-menus by rolling your mouse over the items in the main menu.

While each of these methods has their advantages and disadvantages, in general terms, which of the methods do you prefer?

Responses -

ID	Response	%
1	Main Menu Only	24.3
2	Main Menu and Submenu	60.0
3	Some kind of Mouse-Over	13.7
4	Other	2.0
	Total %	100.0

Participant Comments (randomly selected) -

ID	Comment	Member	From	Sex	Age
4135566	the main menu and submenu should be include on the homepage so it is easier for user to find what they are searching for	Martha	Indonesia	F	38
4135603	mouse over is always wonderful	G	India	M	63
4135963	I think that the mouse-over method is the best choice in most cases. Makes the first contact easy because it won't overload the user with information making it easier to navigate.	Nahuel	Uruguay	M	22
4136053	Un menú desplegable ayuda a no hacer la página tan cargada y ayuda al programador a agrupar y desplazar mejor al usuario	Carlos Manuel	Mexico	M	41
4135754	Lebih mudah dan cepat pengunaanya	EDI	Indonesia	M	54
4135675	The website should be browser-agnostic,...this will appear consistent and menus will be easy to navigate	Akhmad	Indonesia	M	57
4135656	With the mouse over form it will be neater even though there are lots of menus in it.	Charly	Indonesia	M	53
4136076	I prefer categories that when moused over show a sub menu with items listed that one can click on to get to the page, where whatever one wants to buy or look at, are listed.	Karen	Switzerland	F	79
4135585	Eu acho que o menu principal está bom	ormindo	Brazil	M	40
4135553	Simple and short menu and sub minus those fancy videos as well as images will do for me.	Adrian Chew	Malaysia	M	38
4136130	I do not have any comments	Carlos	Brazil	M	38
4135713	Manden mas encuestas	Israel	Mexico	M	41
4136091	that will commerce in endor, that will pizza loca in endor	andres	United States	M	31
4136003	I prefer the homepage to have all menu headings, that are easy to navigate to and even mouseover to see all the sub headings to view and save room room.	Stacey	Australia	F	33
4136546	well always stay with the main menu first I am careful about sub ones for viruses	Stan	Canada	M	57
4135746	Keep it simple yet enough info for the visitors	Khoiruunisa	Indonesia	F	34

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