I'm missing something. If I go from one page to another on a site, that seems to me to be history. What am I missing? If I go back, I should be able to retrace my steps. If I come in from somewhere else, there should be no breadcrum brail unless I'm missing something. If I want to know a sites structure, I shold be able to get it but not be made to waide through it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:54 AM Subject: Re: Designing web pages for screen readers David Poehlman wrote: > yes, but if done right, they plot history. I disagree. Plotting history during general surfing is unnecessary since, unlike site structure, browsing history and back buttons are a nearly universal browser features. Breadcrumbs indicate where you in the hierarchy and the levels above. Because breadcrumbs are just links, their visited/unvisited status (managed and displayed by the browser, and sometimes read by screen readers) also indicates which of those levels you've already visited. If you're in some sort of multipage form flow in a web application, it's a good idea to indicate the different stages you've passed through and the further stages you're going to pass through. But I wouldn't call that "breadcrumbs". -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
