Comments on: The humble breadcrumb http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/ Adventures in web and graphic design Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:47:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jermayn Parker http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Jermayn Parker Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:57:15 +0000 http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/#comment-834 I find that government websites use location breadcrumbs a lot I find that government websites use location breadcrumbs a lot

]]> By: Jonathan http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Jonathan Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:52:57 +0000 http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/#comment-745 @Kenneth: I agree totally about the inappropriate name. It's doubly misleading, because in the fairy tale Hansel's breadcrumbs were eaten by animals so <em>he could not find his way home!</em> @Kenneth: I agree totally about the inappropriate name. It’s doubly misleading, because in the fairy tale Hansel’s breadcrumbs were eaten by animals so he could not find his way home!

]]> By: Kenneth Sundqvist (Evil Oatmeal) http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Kenneth Sundqvist (Evil Oatmeal) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:11:14 +0000 http://f6design.com/journal/2007/02/09/the-humble-breadcrumb/#comment-744 I've always disliked the naming 'breadcrumbs' for this 'location breadcrumbs' kind of navigation/display. The whole idea of the trail of breadcrumbs is to show where the person has been. If someone has just been dropped on the path from an incoming link there won't be any crumbs past them on that path. So I've always referred to the technique as document/site Branch navigation/display. More properly descriptive of what it is, I think. Nothing important, really. Just something that bugs me. :) It's a very nice technique though. And it reflects how a good URL could look. Such as 'hxxp://store.com/catalogue/clothing/socks' could be reflected to crumbs (arrr!) as 'You are here: Front page / Catalogue / Clothing / Socks' I’ve always disliked the naming ‘breadcrumbs’ for this ‘location breadcrumbs’ kind of navigation/display. The whole idea of the trail of breadcrumbs is to show where the person has been. If someone has just been dropped on the path from an incoming link there won’t be any crumbs past them on that path.
So I’ve always referred to the technique as document/site Branch navigation/display. More properly descriptive of what it is, I think.

Nothing important, really. Just something that bugs me. :)

It’s a very nice technique though. And it reflects how a good URL could look.
Such as ‘hxxp://store.com/catalogue/clothing/socks’ could be reflected to crumbs (arrr!) as ‘You are here: Front page / Catalogue / Clothing / Socks’

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