Menus (HI Guide)

Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines / Appendix - Appendixes: Appendix B - Bibliography / Human-Computer Design

Menus

Miller, D. P. "The Depth-Breadth Trade-off in Hierarchical Computer Menus." In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 25th Annual Meeting, 296-300.
Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society, 1981.

Norman, K. L. The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1990.

Walker, N., and J. B. Silencer. "A Comparison of Selection Times From Walking and Pull-Down Menus." CHI '90 Conference Proceedings (April 90): 221-225.

A seminal paper on why pull-down menus are superior to any other kind. Everyone who designs for the screen must read this paper.