[thelist] Usability Ideas/Suggestions

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> Hello :
>
> Recently I was thinking -- wouldn't it be nice to have a history display on
> the page that displays hierarchy? Basically, a dynamically updating tree,
> that tracks your path thru the site.
>
> Here is what I'm thinking :
>
> On Load, Tree is = [ Home ] (or Index, or whatever)
> Say the user navigates to a page that is under the section thoughts.
>
> Now, the tree would say =
> [ Home ]
> [ Thoughts ]
> ..U R here...
>
> Then, if the user were to go to another parent's child, it would display :
> [ Home ]
> [ Thoughts ]
> [ Parent ]
> ..U R here...
>
> I have the logic figured out in my head. However, my problem is how would I
> store the relative information? In a database? How would I link each link to
> its parent? Has anyone ever done this? Any thoughts? At first I thought that
> this is sorta like the breadcrumb approach. However, most users are
> accustomed to a tree-like structure. So, I was thinking of creating a history
> tree that updates as a user travels through a site would be a neat idea.
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That sounds like a great idea - if you find anything let me know. I could
really use that on a project I'm working on.

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Aaron Schaap
www.theparagon.org