Posted by Jose on 01/23/50 11:40

> The user is faced with a question:
>
> What OS is the customer using?
> * XP
> * Linux
>
> Now, when the user selects one, another question and drop down appears
> BELOW this, something like:
>
> Is it:
> * XP Pro
> * XP Home

As a user I find this anane behaviour very annoying (both on web sites
and in tax software). Give me the whole list at once - don't play
twenty questions!

What OS is the customer using?
* XP Pro
* XP Home
* XP unknown edition
* Windows 98 SE
* WIndows 98 (original edition)
* Windows 98 unknown edition
* Linux (Red Hat)
* Linux (SUSE)
* Linux (KDE)
* Mac OS X
* Mac classic
* DOS 3.1
* DOS 4.0 (sorry, no support)
* Northstar DOS
* Commodore 64

Granted, sometimes you really =do= need a tree of questions, but based
on your example (and my experience with other software) most of the time
it is a ten branced tree of two choices, rather than a two branced tree
of ten choices.

Jose
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