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Is there one program or online service in the world where you can search for functions or filter menu items? It is very painful if you try to find a function and you aren’t sure where it is “hidden” in the whole menu structure.

Some big companies made efforts and did a really good job to arrange the menu items in a very useable way.

For example:

MS Excel 2007

MS Excel and almost every new Microsoft Office product have this new ribbon structured menu which improves usability and navigation. Anyway there are hundreds of functions you will never find without a good “search for functions” button. Well you could search in the manual. Everybody likes manuals…

Google Analytics

Google Analytics has about 50 menu items in the main menu. Well structured but still painful to find the right report if you aren’t sure where the relevant menu item is.

Ok, you are an expert in Google Analytics and can find the right way through the menu in seconds. Wouldn’t it still be nice to have a filter that blends out the irrelevant menu items, so you can concentrate on the 2-3 items you really need?

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