@article {17005,
	title = {Buttons vs. menus: An exploratory study of pull-down menu selection as compared to button bars},
	journal = {Technical Reports of the Computer Science Department},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998/10/15/},
	abstract = {Button bars are a relatively new interaction method intended to speedup application use as compared to pull-down menus.  This exploratory study
compares three command selection methods: pull-down menus, button bars,
and user choice of pull-down menus or button bars.  Effectiveness was
measured in two ways: speed of selection and error rate.  15 participants
performed 15 word processor related tasks.  Results show that in
frequently used functions, such as character attribute selection (bold,
italic, u nderline, etc.), button bars are faster.  There were no
statistically significant differences in error rates between the three
interaction methods. 
(Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-764)
},
	keywords = {Technical Report},
	url = {http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/428},
	author = {Ellis,Jason and Tran,Chi and Ryoo,Jake and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
