[Sigia-l] IA myths: conceptual model of navigation - was: mixing applesand oranges and tomatoes

[Anne Hjortshoj]

Hm. This discussion seems to point to page layout (interface design)
becoming ever-more-important in the practice of IA (since presenting the
user with the conceptual model of navigation may be less important than how
it's presented).

Which begs the question: will IAs be able to continue -without- addressing
page layout/interaction design? Is anyone currently practicing IA without
doing so?

I know that the core definition of IA leaves this out, and I'm fine with
that. But I'm not sure it's something that a practicing IA can safely
ignore.

-Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: "PeterV" <peter at poorbuthappy.com>
To: <Mike.Steckel at SEMATECH.Org>; <ErStewart at nea.org>; <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] IA myths: conceptual model of navigation - was: mix
ing applesand oranges and tomatoes


> I said:
>
>  > Which to me seem one of the great myths of IA: this whole
> building-a-conceptual-model-of-the-navigation business.
>
> and then Erin said:

[...] Similarly, the
> >convention of left-hand taxonomy doesn't help the user navigate per se -
> >it only
> >helps us (sometimes) discover and recall the availability of content and
it's
> >granularity."