[thelist] Top of page breadcrumb navigation

[Pete Prodoehl]

I agree completely. I just don't agree with the term 'breadcrumbs'

To me 'breadcrumbs' represent your path through the site. Since the web is a
form of hypermedia, defining things in linear fashion doesn't always work
too well.


Pete

> ----------
> From: 	Norman Bunn
> Reply To: 	thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Sent: 	Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:42 PM
> To: 	thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: 	Re: [thelist] Top of page breadcrumb navigation
> 
> Though it may not show you the path you took, it does show you a path back
> to the home page and is still a navigation device IMHO.  To me its better
> than the trail I took (which can be followed by using the "back" button);
> it
> provides me information on the site itself and a route of "safe passage".
> Kinda like some well meaning and knowledgeable person wanted to show me
> another (perhaps shorter, better, etc.) path for current and future use..
> 
> Norman
> www.craftedsolutions.com
> 
> >
> > I still argue that some people call things 'breadcrumbs' when they are
> > really a 'YOU ARE HERE' in the hierarchy of the site.
> >
> > If I go directly to the 'article' from a link on the 'mainpage' then the
> > 'section' and 'sub-section' are places I've never been - so how could I
> have
> > left breadcrumbs there!?
> >
> > I couldn't... that's why it's really a categorization device rather than
> a
> > navigation device...
> >
> > thoughts?
> >
> >
> > Pete
> 
> 
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