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

[Anne Hjortshoj]

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

Well, some IAs don't like working with navigation design/interface design
(by the way, I think they are the same thing - it may just be a question of
semantics), and prefer not to address it. I certainly agree with you that
it's not discussed enough.

My point is that it will become even more important as the industry
advances, and it would benefit people to at least get their feet wet if
they've been ignoring interface/nav design (if those people still exist!).

-Anne