The Making of a Visualization: Notes on Mousing Behavior in Menus

“While the core purpose of this research is not to characterize the ways that people use menus, this result is a nice, planned-for bonus. In the visualizations below, users are making 4 clicks typically. The first starts the trial, hiding the target word, and reveals a top level category beneath the click. The user clicks the top level category starting the timer for subtrial 1…”