文档介绍：Designing Web
Navigation
James Kalbach
Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Paris • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo
Designing Web Navigation BY James KalBacH
Copyright © 2007 James Kalbach. All rights reserved.
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ISBN-10: 0-596-52810-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52810-2
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To Nathalie, with all my love
Contents
Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii 03
Mechanisms of Navigation. . . . . . . 54
Step Navigation 55
Part I Paging Navigation 56
Foundations of Web Navigation Breadcrumb Trail 60
Tree Navigation 63
Site maps 63
01 Directories 65
Introducing Web Navigation.. . . . . . 2 Tag Clouds 66
Considering Navigation 3 A–Z Indexes 67
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