Comments on: Navigation via the link element http://ztoe.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fztoe.net%2F2008%2F06%2Fnavigation-via-link-element%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Navigation+via+the+link+element by Adrian Cooke Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:56:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adrian http://ztoe.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fztoe.net%2F2008%2F06%2Fnavigation-via-link-element%2F%23comment-4483&seed_title=Navigation+via+the+link+element#comment-4483 Adrian Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:48:11 +0000 http://ztoe.net/?p=175#comment-4483 <em>Can it be used on an ecommerce or banking website?</em> In practice, I'm not sure. Home, Search, Glossary, Help and Copyright all seem relevant here. Login would be a nice addition. For commercial sites I can imagine My Account and Shopping Cart being useful in the same way—though the browser would need to apply the same security defences it does against other kinds of navigation. That brings me to another point: link element navigation is a GUI helper for hackable URLs. It provides a way to standardise on existing navigation conventions and make the choices easy to select. Can it be used on an ecommerce or banking website?

In practice, I’m not sure. Home, Search, Glossary, Help and Copyright all seem relevant here. Login would be a nice addition. For commercial sites I can imagine My Account and Shopping Cart being useful in the same way—though the browser would need to apply the same security defences it does against other kinds of navigation.

That brings me to another point: link element navigation is a GUI helper for hackable URLs. It provides a way to standardise on existing navigation conventions and make the choices easy to select.

]]> By: Dan Todd http://ztoe.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fztoe.net%2F2008%2F06%2Fnavigation-via-link-element%2F%23comment-4482&seed_title=Navigation+via+the+link+element#comment-4482 Dan Todd Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:40:09 +0000 http://ztoe.net/?p=175#comment-4482 I haven't used this technology yet, but I'm struggling to understand the utility. I can see it being useful on a blog, photo gallery or a reference website. Can it be used on an ecommerce or banking website? What do you like about the browser handling the links, apart from the muscle memory thing? I haven’t used this technology yet, but I’m struggling to understand the utility. I can see it being useful on a blog, photo gallery or a reference website. Can it be used on an ecommerce or banking website? What do you like about the browser handling the links, apart from the muscle memory thing?

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