Hi lib, The organization that I am part of uses breadcrumbs, however they're used to display where the user has been and one link to indicate the top level.
I think in terms of usability they can help a user associate themselves with your structure if they're really searching for something. They're also typically used as a last bail option when all else fails (including the Back button). To be honest, in your case they don't benefit the user in any sort of way except perhaps help them understand how your corporate structure works (but who actually cares?). On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM, libwebdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > My organisation manages around 7000+ pages for 100s of departments, > using a CMS. Mine is the only department outside the CMS, just because > we can. > > We have been persuaded (read: bullied) to redesign our header to > exactly match that of the parent organisation. I have no problem with > that per se, but theirs includes breadcrumbs, and we don't want 'em. > > I'm wondering what the consensus is here on their usefulness. I've > always been under the impression that the purpose of breadcrumbs was > to indicate to the user where they had been. However, the ones we are > being urged to implement do no such thing; they simply display our > organisational structure. This means that on every one of our 200-odd > pages, the breadcrumbs will appear like so (we are the library): > > Parent Org > Clinical Services > Library > Current page > > The only thing that's going to change is the current page. To me, > that's not a breadcrumb trail at all. > > Am I wrong in my thinking? Is this a common usage? How does this > benefit the user at all? > > I'm questioning it because of usability issues, which is how I tie it > in with web standards. If this is considered off-topic, I apologise, > and replies should come directly to me rather than the list. > > thanks, > lib. > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- - Anton Babushkin ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
