You're designing a wizard in a Web app. Choices:

1. Each step is one page and each page is one step. Benefit: Clarity 
-- click NEXT and get to the next step.

2. Make the steps be at a higher level, and each step could be spread 
out over two pages. For example, the "Setup" step includes logging in 
to your account, downloading software and installing it -- maybe it's 
just neater (conceptually and/or visually) to break that up. 
Benefits: Simpler pages, and it looks like fewer steps when you see 
"Step n of m".

I just ran a study where one person was vocal about wanting one 
step/one page. I don't think it mattered much to the others. Other 
observations?

thanks				-- hs

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Hal Shubin
Interaction Design, Inc.
617 489 6595
www.user.com

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