Some of us seem to be assuming that the footer contains a site map, straight up. And others are assuming it could be that OR a context sensitive area for calling out interesting or related material / resources.
I'm not thinking about lost users at all - if a user is lost and needs a site map, then yes, site navigation has probably failed. Most failures like that should be avoidable without appending a site map to every page (ugh!). I'm really thinking about users who don't even know what they're searching for .. the footer area is used to offer up more material, point to interesting areas of the site, etc. This has certainly been "talked to death", but I'm loving the insights everyone is sharing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41412 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
