More generally, some users prefer navigation to direct search even when they know the target [4].
A right-click menu includes these same options for those who prefer navigation via mouse — and the addition of a drag-and-drop interface and multiple file selection makes bulk actions faster than the previous checkbox version.
"Yet a majority preferred having a navigation screen — they felt anxious without it".
Output interface The majority of the participants preferred speech for navigation directions and vibrations for the distance to the obstacles.
But if you don't prefer touch-screen navigation, the camera includes all the usual manual controls.
Navigation may be preferred as it does not interfere with linguistic working memory (Benn et al., 2015; Bergman et al., 2013), which may be required for tasks such as remembering which goods to purchase.
While searching tends to be the more popular method of information seeking on the Internet (Levene, 2011), and is considered a more flexible system (Lansdale, 1988), navigation is often preferred when users seek to retrieve information in a familiar environment, such as a system for organizing personal files (Bergman, Beyth-Marom, Nachmias, Gradovitch, & Whittaker, 2008).
The preference for navigation has been previously documented with respect to personal information systems, strengthening the idea that users prefer to navigate in familiar environments.
A growing body of literature indicates that rats prefer to navigate in the direction of a goal in the environment (directional responding) rather than to the precise location of the goal (place navigation).
These findings confirm our hypothesis that navigation would be the more popular method of finding a product, and supports the idea that, in a familiar environment, people prefer to navigate rather than search (Bergman et al., 2008).
