Menu driven interfaces
Simple menu
The user is offered a simple menu from which to choose an option. One menu often leads to a further menu. Part of the screen may have an instruction followed by a numbered list of options to choose from.
Full screen menu
A full screen menu takes up the entire screen.
Menu bar
A menu bar is the set of options at the top of the screen. When an option is chosen a drop-down menu may be offered.
Features of menu driven interfaces include:
- they are easy to use as the user does not have to remember sets of commands
- they are user friendly - you can often guess your way around the options
- they can be irritating if there are too many levels of menus to move around - with a command-line interface you can go to the option required immediately