On 6/12/04 5:32 AM, "Mordechai Peller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Richard Spence wrote: > >> In my opinion a simple string of <a></a> would work just fine. The >> information that you are trying to display is not really a list. > > I strongly disagree. Breadcrumbs are most definitely a list of links; > they're even normally represented as a horizontal list. A list, > according to "The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, > Fourth Edition" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=list) is: > >> A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined >> one after the other: a shopping list; a guest list; a list of things >> to do. > > Paul Farrell wrote: > >> Am I correct in understanding that an ordered list is the best way of >> marking up a breadcrumb system that shows where a user has been ? >> > As far as ordered or unordered goes, whether it shows where you've been > or where you are, either is acceptable, though an ordered list is > slightly better. > > Here's a couple of examples. The first uses borders for the arrows and > works in IE6. The second uses generated content. > http://testing.pellerweb.com/bclist1.html > http://testing.pellerweb.com/bclist2.html > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** I don't buy the argument that breadcrumbs *have to be* structured as lists. Why? Because they're not a collection of loosely-related list items, like a shopping list or such; rather, a unit of breadcrumbs collectively delineates a *path* to a resource (without resorting to conventional OS-style paths). For me it's a subtle but important difference that allows either approach to work effectively. To take the 'breadcrumbs must be lists' argument to its logical extreme would see us marking up sentences as ordered lists, with individual words as list items, simply because each component has a relationship to its neighbours. I don't see any inherent semantic superiority in the list approach in this case. Perhaps the W3C needs to introduce a <breadcrumbs> element? Cheers, Kevin Futter -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
