[Sigia-l] global navigation meta navigation

[Jursa, Jan (init)]

Yes, 
breaking down the term into subcategories does make scence. 

When talking to a client for example, he could get confused by somebody talking about *the* global navigation, meaning primary navigation on the one hand and footer navigation on the other hand.

But I think whatever you call it, calling it meta navigation is definitely misleading.

Jan







 
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Von: Patrick Grizzard [mailto:gamutant at earthlink.net] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2005 16:22
An: Jursa, Jan (init); sigia-l
Betreff: Re: [Sigia-l] global navigation meta navigation

Joining this thread a little late, but I generally break global navigation down into the following categories: primary, utility and footer (see http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000103.php). In this context, the items listed below (contact, help, search, etc.) would be considered utility navigation, i.e. - "tools for the user that will support the main tasks, but are not tasks themselves." Along with local navigation, these are the nodes I would normally include in a site map.


:Patrick