Two reasons to keep alphabetical navigation: 1 - Create an overview It´s valuable to give users a broad sense of the whole collection covered by the site, specially if it is driven to a specific style.
2 - Allow exploration It is a mistake to assume that every user come to your site with a sharply defined information need that can be translated into keywords. It is possible to inform, suggest or even surprise people. Providing interesting ways to wander around may increase loyalty and visit time, which btw are very u$eful metrics. It is a good effort to enhance the internal search engine, but don´t rely solely on it; this is Google´s job on most user´s minds. Good luck! Gino ________________________________________________________________ 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
