The awkwardness of the hierarchical mobile interface has been commented on many times…this article discusses a “new paradigm” for mobile browsing, and includes some rules of thumb:
- If anything takes more than 4 clicks on a mobile, it probably isn’t going to happen.
- 10% of mobile content gets 80% of hits. The long tail doesn’t get traffic via hierarchical navigation.
- People can’t/won’t change their phone settings.
- Usability issues don’t go away because you have faster access.
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