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Subject:Re: 7 plus or minus 2 From:Steven Jong <SteveFJong -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 31 Jul 1997 11:32:23 -0400
I once had the opportunity to contribute to a human-factors seminar taught by
someone far more qualified than I was. During my small portion of the
seminar, one of the things I mentioned was the magic number 7 as it applied
to number of menu items in a GUI. To illustrate, I said that television
producers used the same principle. That's why, I said, there were seven
castaways on Gilligan's Island, and why Denise Crosby left "Star Trek: The
Next Generation"--she was the eighth cast member, and she wasn't getting
enough screen time!
You should have seen the look on the instructor's face... 8^)
-- Steve
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