Abstract: The study was carried out to compare the usability of fisheye, linear and tree menus on a web based interfaces. Usability concept has been under focus over the years and has evolved with different definitions by researchers. The usability of four Web page layouts were compared: the web pages comprise of tree menu and linear menu of which a fisheye effect was applied to each of the two menu types to make four menus, (tree menu, fisheye tree menu, linear menu, fisheye linear menu). Seventy three (73) participants partake in the experiment. The time to complete tasks for each of the four menu types were measured. There were no significant differences observed in completion times between the two test conditions. This research questions the current leading Web design thought that menus with the fisheye effect may perform faster. However, it was concluded that some participants commented on fisheye linear menu and fisheye tree menu that they are nice and looked attractive although the selection time was not faster than the linear and tree menu.
Keywords: Computer Menu, fisheye Menu, linear Menu, Tree Menu, usability.
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DOI:
10.17148/IJARCCE.2022.115195
