Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Information Architecture category.
Navigating a site
When using web sites we encounter a large number of types of navigation methods. These include:
• Lists
• Breadcrumbs
• Tabs
• Drop downs
• Multi level tabs (usually horizontal tabs with a submenu)
• Hierarchical, and
• Pagination
This is not all the list as Ben Hunt shows on his pages about navigation models.
Problem: Identify two examples for each type of navigation and explain (in one or two sentences) why you believe they are that type of navigation model.
For example:
Could be a tabbed menu, or a horizontal top bar. This is because the menu contains a list of items across the page. The items are highlighted when the mouse rolls over. The current “area” is highlighted by an underline.
is most probably a list of contents. This is because there is a list of items that may be accessed by clicking on the links. Visited and active links are also highlighted.
Both these navigation types were displayed on the site “465 Berea Street” [visited: 07/03/2006]
What sites have you found and what navigation types?
Site design
I discovered a very good web site on site design, methods and development.
Ben Hunt, the principle consultant at scratchmedia has given me permission to use the site, and I thank him for that. The content is in the Creative Commons licensing form.
We’ll be using Web Design from Scratch as one of the places to refer to as it keeps things short and simple.
