Thank you for your thoughtful replies. I don't agree that including page titles in breadcrumbs is a standard -- lots of sites do it, but many don't. If Apple isn't doing it, can it really be a standard? ;-)
With a visually-related title and breadcrumb (alignment, proximity, >, etc.) I cannot imagine people thinking, or saying in usability, "Where am I? How did I get here? How do I get back to the main page?" whether the breadcrumb includes the page title or not. If they do, we have bigger problems than a breadcrumb. I guess leaning towards Jared's argument -- if they're really that critical, something is wrong. (And if they're not needed altogether, that certainly does beg the question...) Of course people may have more of a vague sense than a clearly-formed question, but I'm going to ponder how to test this. I'm really curious to try to manifest a response to having the page title or not in usability. (Any thoughts?) I agree with you Paul. I had no idea I'd spend any energy at all on this, honestly. Thought it was a simple change that everyone would agree with. (I should know by now, any time I have a thought that starts with, "I'll just...", I'm probably in for it.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45266 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
