I believe your designers have the right conclusion, but the wrong reason.
Bread crumbs are typically displayed as minor
reference items, and should be complete. The
page title is typically more central.
So we might have a page that looks like this
Repairs | Plumbing |
Toilets | Adjusting the toilet water level
Adjusting the toilet water level
Having just part of the bread crumb line would be
confusing, violates an implicit standard, and
really doesn't cut down on any clutter. The
bread crumb line as it stands show the user
exactly how he or she got here -- not how they got almost here.
My 2c, for what it's worth.
(Of course the real test is user testing ... but
I'd wager users really would be disturbed to find partial bread crumbs.)
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