Hi, >From a user perspective, I often use a site map when I am after a specific piece of information and I don't trust that the navigation bar will direct me to exactly where I want to go quickly. For instance, if I need to know opening hours...Is that under 'About Us' or 'Contact Us'?. The process can be compared to going to a supermarket you don't know and needing to find a specific item. The site map is an opportunity to provide the detail not possible in a graphic navigation bar.
cheers -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Cindy Lu Sent: Monday, 19 January 2009 9:42 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Site Map Design - Best Practices Hi! Based on your experience, research or any usability study, do visitors of a public web site use the site map? If they do, what are the typical tasks? What are the best practices in designing a site map? Thanks in advance! - Cindy ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help This communication contains information which is confidential and the copyright of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not be the views of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, unless specifically stated. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
