Tag clouds can be sorted in different ways: alphabetically, by frequency, semantically and randomly. Will McGugan prefers them sorted by frequency, because that makes them look better. In the comments people pointed out that it is easier to find items in a sorted list. Will responded he chooses form over function. Navigation aid? But what …
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Apples, oranges and other fruit
How many items can a category contain before it grows too big and should be split? Long lists are overwhelming and confusing. But it can be very easy to get lost in hierarchies with subcategories, several layers deep. In 1956 George Miller wrote The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our …