Ordering Items in a List

Here’s a list of common ordering schemes:

Alphabetical
Task order
Frequency
Numerical (font size)
De facto standard
Legal order
Complexity (simple to hard)
Semantic similarity
First-in, first out

I just found this list in an IXDA post by Chauncey Wilson’s which cites Deborah Mayhew’s book “Principles and Guidelines in Software User Interface Design“.