Andreas Franke wrote:
>...
> Is this the "systematic reference directory" I was talking about,
> pointing to the projects page, the tools page, and all other important
> pages? Then why not call it "Site Map"? Quickfind doesn't ring a bell
> for me (but then I'm not a native speaker).
If a Webmaster feels the need to give a site a site map (or a
`systematic reference directory', for that matter), the site's
navigation is generally too broken for a site map to be of any help. You
shouldn't have to refer to a map on the `information superhighway' any
more than you have to refer to a map on a real highway -- the road signs
(whether they be overhead at the top of the page, or on the kerb at the
side of the page:-) should be enough.
Giving a Web site a site map, instead of fixing the site's main
navigation, is like giving a person a heart transplant but not
disconnecting the old heart.
>...
> - Start Here
>
> - About Mozilla
> - Status
> - Software
> - Documentation
> - Community
> - Get Involved
>
> - Site Map
>...
I still haven't been able to improve on the six categories I came up
with last year:
* about the project (mission, history, credits)
* news and events (recent site updates, milestones, developer
meetings, parties, press releases)
* software (links to distributions)
* support (FAQs, links to newsgroups
* get involved (hacking guide, intro to QA, documents which need to be
written/translated)
* developer center (specifications, test suites and results, code
overviews).
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Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla user interface QA
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