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

[Jesse James Garrett]

At 12:43 PM -0400 4/12/02, Anne Hjortshoj wrote:
>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).

I see these as questions of navigation design, which I agree doesn't 
get enough attention in IA discussions. You can't just sweep 
navigation under the rug of interface and pretend that solves your 
problems.

>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.

Information architects do more than information architecture. It has 
always been thus, and always thus it shall be.

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