Bad UI Clinic Session 73 Always use mnemonics when choosing the shortcut-keys for your commonly used menu items.
February 22nd, 2002
Bad UI Clinic Session 73
Always use mnemonics when choosing the shortcut-keys for your commonly used
menu items. For instance, in the following example, N means
“Old (read) message”, and O means
“New (unread) message”. The principle of least
astonishment hard at work!
figure 1 menu options with “good” mnemonics.