February 07, 2006

Alphabetized links are random links

Jared Spool has written about the issues with alphabetic lists of links. To quote:

The moral of the story: Unless you can be absolutely sure that users will know the exact terms in your list, alphabetical order is just random order.

This is particularly relevant for intranets, that can have a large amount of content...

Posted by jamesr on February 07, 2006 04:35 PM
Categories: Information architecture

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