Absolutely brilliant! I love it.. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Gary Menzel > Sent: Friday, 19 March 2004 8:40 PM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: [ot] bread crumbs > > > The purpose of dropping breadcrumbs (at least in most stories > that use the > concept) is to show you how to get back to some other point in your > journey. If you knew how to get back you would not drop the > breadcrumbs - > you would eat them instead (unless you were particularly a > messy eater). > > If you were in the woods dropping breadcrumbs you probably wont take > exactly the same steps to get back to the breadcrumb as you > did when you > left it. You'll hopefully see a breadcrumb off in the > distance and say to > yourself "There's one over there" and stumble your way over > the terrain to > get to it. They are "waypoints" that, hopefully, you drop > often enough so > you can see them on your return journey and recognise your > location. Once > you get back to a known waypoint then you set off in a > different direction > (and probably dont care if the birds picked up the > breadcrumbs on the, > now, abandoned path from which you have just come). > > Breadcrumbs, as they are used on the majority of sites, do > this. They > allow the user to navigate back to known points. They do not > necessarily > map out every step taken. Admittedly, those known points are > determined > by the information and/or navigation model of the site and > are not at the > discretion of the user to choose. However, they are placed there by > (hopefully) experienced navigators of the site in an attempt > to inform > novices of at least part of the sites features, facilities or > structure. > > If you tried to drop breadcrumbs at a very fine granularity > in the woods > you would die from hunger cause you would use up all your bread. > > If you tried to track every last mouse click that any user > may arbitrarily > take you would defeat the purpose and end up getting the user > lost with no > way back. > > If nothing else, a "breadcrumb" displayed on a site shows the > user the > recommended "trail" of how to get there again (regardless of > how they got > there this specific time). > > There is a simple answer to the symantics of it - just call it a > navigation aid that helps the user move up and down your > navigation tree. > At least as web builders we all know what we mean by a "breadcrumb" > regardless of the symantic meaning it may have in the real world. > > > > Gary Menzel > Web Development Manager > IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited > Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 > PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828 > > > > If this communication is not intended for you and you are not > an authorised recipient of this email you are prohibited by > law from dealing with or relying on the email or any file > attachments. This prohibition includes reading, printing, > copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, storing or in any > other way dealing or acting in reliance on the information. > If you have received this email in error, we request you > contact ABN AMRO Morgans Limited immediately by returning the > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy the original. > We will refund any reasonable costs associated with notifying > ABN AMRO Morgans. This email is confidential and may contain > privileged client information. ABN AMRO Morgans has taken > reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all > its communications, including electronic communications, but > accepts no liability for materials transmitted. Materials may > also be transmitted without the knowledge of ABN AMRO > Morgans. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited its directors and > employees do not accept liability for the results of any > actions taken or not on the basis of the information in this > report. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or > may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. > Any recommendation is made on the basis of our research of > the investment and may not suit the specific requirements of > clients. Assessments of suitability to an individual?s > portfolio can only be made after an examination of the > particular client?s investments, financial circumstances and > requirements. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 > AFSL 235410) A Participant of ASX Group > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
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