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DIN EN ISO 9241-14:2000
Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 14: Menu dialogues (ISO 9241-14:1997); German version EN ISO 9241-14:1999
The document provides conditional recommendations for menus in user-computer dialoges to accomplish typical office task. The recommendations cover menus presented by various techniques including windowing, panels, buttons, fields, etc. These recommendations can be utilized throughout the design process (e.g., as guidance for designers during design, as a basis for heuristic evaluation, as guidance for usability testing). Dialogue design determines the way in which a user is guided by the system to make inputs and influences the amount of control the user has over the dialogue. The dialogue should be designed to support the user in his/her actual work without the user being bothered by additional work caused by system peculiarities. Menu dialogue design is covered in this part of ISO 9241 in terms of designing the menu structure, providing facilities for menu navigation and defining the selection methods for menu options.
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