Loopion

1 | Keith Instone

July 6th, 2007 at 19:25

So what was your conclusion, for this project? Yes, breadcrumbs? What type? What style?

2 | Loopion

July 6th, 2007 at 22:17

I finally decide to don’t put the “You are here:” sentence. It isn’t necessary. But the breadscrumb is still useful to get back at your steps without the back button.

We are also trying a new way to show each element of a website. Like for a confirmation mail subscription. You will get a path like: “Home > Register > Confirmation” but the register page will not be activated as a link. Some other pages are located in this same pattern and consider as well for SEO purpose.

I wait and see the result soon.

Have you got any suggestion ? For you what is the favorite, simplest and the more comprehensive way to display a breadscumb ?

3 | Keith Instone

July 15th, 2007 at 13:49

Are you implementing Path or Location breadcrumbs? It sounds like PATH - be careful, they can be very tricky to implement well. Your example of the “register” link being shown but not active is a perfect case - perhaps breadcrumbs should not be used here. There other ways to make sure users know this is the confirmation for the Registration activity - like by titling the page “Registration confirmation” - a lot simpler than a breadcrumb that is not clickable.

So perhaps to answer you final question - in this case, the simplest may be no breadcrumb at all.