I think for this argument, I would go towards the analogy of driving directions.
1.) Go to the Home page 2.) go the the sub-section.... etc. Just my thought. As for your comment about sentences as lists, everybody knows that a sentence isn't a list. It needs to be a graphic since it's really a diagram anyways, and the unimportant words don't even go on there. (if you're young enough not to understand what I'm refering to, consider yourself lucky! for those who care to know - http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/diagrams.htm ) ~j > 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 > ****************************************************** > > -- Jonathan T. Sage Theatrical Lighting / Set Designer Professional Web Design [HTTP://www.JTSage.com] [HTTP://design.JTSage.com] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
