Re: [WSG] breadcrumbs - nice implementation
David I agree it's not perfect =) point is: the language changes the role of the breadcrumb form informational to navigational, And at least I noticed it... usually I don't see breadcrumbs or simply go so what? There are a lot of things about breadcrumbs that simply don't make sense, particularly where there are multiple pathways to the content. For example, in a typical blog (with categories) there is always at least two hierarchies that content lives in: the post date, and the category. Terrence Wood. On 2004-12-15 10:42 AM, David Laakso wrote: Why would I click return to when I've never been there in the first place? And why when I get to where I return to, do I need to click the back-button in order to back where I started from? David -- You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] breadcrumbs - nice implementation
You can also do this with _javascript_:Here's
the script I use that outputs the following (check out the title
tag!):www.grafx.com.au :: v2 :: scripting :: breadCrumbs.html
// Breadcrumbs Scriptvar path = "";var
href = "">var s = href.split("/");for (var
i=3;i(s.length-1);i++) {path+="a
href="" title=\"Go up "+
(s.length-i-1) +" levels to "+s[i]+"\""+unescape(s[i])+"/a ::
";}i=s.length-1;path+="a
href="" title=\"You are
currently viewing this page\""+s[i]+"/a";var url =
"">document.writeln(url);
:o)
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AMSubject: [WSG] breadcrumbs - nice implementationFollowing the
recent discussion(s) here about breadcrumbs I thought I'd share this link to
an interesting breadcrumb implementation (and handy snippet of
php):http://www.de-generationx.net/blog/archives/2004/09/20/629/What
is interesting to me about this implementation is how through the choice of
wording the use of the breadcrumbs is explicitly navigation ("return to"),
whereas they usually appear to be informative ("you are
here").Terrence Wood.-- "You know you've
achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but
when you have nothing more to take away." -Antoine de
Saint-Exupery**The
discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/See
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Re: [WSG] breadcrumbs - nice implementation
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:36:42 +1300, Terrence Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following the recent discussion(s) here about breadcrumbs I thought I'd share this link to an interesting breadcrumb implementation (and handy snippet of php): http://www.de-generationx.net/blog/archives/2004/09/20/629/ What is interesting to me about this implementation is how through the choice of wording the use of the breadcrumbs is explicitly navigation (return to), whereas they usually appear to be informative (you are here). Terrence Wood. Terrence, Granted I'm a novice, nevertheless I'm confused. Why would I click return to when I've never been there in the first place? And why when I get to where I return to, do I need to click the back-button in order to back where I started from? David -- http://www.dlaakso.com/ Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
