Where Am I? Breadcrumbs In Web Design

A basic primer on breadcrumb navigation. Covers topics such as when and when not to use them, the three main types, design considerations, design mistakes, and using them together with drop down sub-menus.

Also includes a gallery of examples.

Breadcrumbs In Web Design: Examples And Best Practices – Smashing Magazine

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This entry was posted by Young-Ki K. on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 10:49 am and is filed under Graphic Design, Usability, User-Centered Design, Web Design. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 Responses to “Where Am I? Breadcrumbs In Web Design”

  1. Matt C. Matt C. says:
    January 15, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    As a developer, if it’s implemented as a History of pages viewed, breadcrumbs are one of my least-favorite things to code, take a long time, and are fragile. But as a Hierarchy they are easier and more useful to the user, I think.

    “Breadcrumbs should show the site hierarchy, not the user’s history.”
    http://www.useit.com/alertbox/breadcrumbs.html

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  2. Young-Ki Kim Young-Ki says:
    January 15, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    I would have to agree with Jakob.

    I don’t know why you would use a breadcrumb nav to show user history. Isn’t that what the “Back” button is for?

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