[thelist] Opinion on Navigation
Marc Seyon
seyon at delime.com
Thu Dec 13 15:58:39 CST 2001
At 12/13/2001 10:07 AM, you wrote:
>Evolters :
>
>I'm sure you all have seen the cookie crumbs navigation technique, ie.
>
>Home > Products > Widgets > Widget001 > Details > Purchase
>
>I was wondering if such a navigation system (when combined with others)
>provides a better user experience? Or does it tell the user (hey, I think
>you are too dumb to follow your way around)? Any opinions on this would be
>appreciated.
<Response/personal peeve>
I've been doing something of an informal test. Whenever I find a really
great article (usually by following a direct link), after reading it I go
to the site's homepage, and attempt to refind the article, using the site's
navigation/search functionality.
Wanna know how often I succeed? Seldomly. Quite often I am unable to even
refind the SECTION I was in. Wanna know how often I succeed without having
to jump through flaming hoops and other such impracticalities? Almost never.
I've noticed on most sites that go more than a couple levels deep,
navigating the site is an exercise in futility. In almost all these cases,
cookie crumbs would help immensely!
So what's my rationale for this test? If I follow a link (from another
site) to a great article, chances are I'll want to look for other similar
articles on the same level of that site.
regards.
-marc
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