Posted by Rik Wasmus on 11/01/07 15:09

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:52:33 +0100, Chris Gorospe <chris@ekast.com> wrote:

> Geoff Muldoon wrote:
>> Phil Latio says...
>>> What is the technical name or the name most commonly used for the
>>> below?
>>>
>>> United Kingdom >> Wiltshire >> Trowbridge
>>
>>> Sure it has name from a fairy tale but for the life of me I can't
>>> remember.
>>> I keep thinking daisy chaining but I know it's not. Is it something
>>> from
>>> Hansel and Gretal?
>> Bread crumb navigation.
>> GM
> I've never heard this term before, although I'm sure it's what the OP is
> looking for. If it is true, I don't see how this makes sense.
>
> cat_id -> cat_parent -> cat

As a breadcurmb, it doesn't make sense, no.

> How does that relate to a trail? I agree that from start to finish it's
> possible to have many alternate paths leading to other "cats", but in
> the sense of navigating via a pre-made (bread crumb) trail would be more
> of a direct path.

Hmm, I don't really get what you're saying. While there are several ways
to enter a particular page on a site (internal links, external links,
navigation menu), I'd say a breadcrumb trail should reflect where the page
is found in the navigation. So it's not the way the user got there, rather
it is the way you expect people to find is using navigation.

Let's say for instance I do a Google search for "SELECT SYNTAX", and I
follow one of the links given. Quickly I realise this is the SELECT SYNTAX
explained of MSSQL, while I actually meant PostgreSQL. I should have
entered that in the search offcourse. However, I see a breadcrumb trail
above this page stating:
databases -> MSSQL -> Syntax -> Select

If the site is formatted properly/attractive and seems rather clear,
rather then return to the search engine I'd be tempted to click the link
'databases', to check wether PostgreSQL is an option there..
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Rik Wasmus

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