web site navigation and usability
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Examples of consistent navigation based on principles in Steve Krug's book "Don't Make Me Think."TRANSCRIPT
Krug’s “trunk test”
• What site is this? (Site ID)
• What page am I on? (Page name/heading)
• What are the major sections of this site? (Sections)
• What are my options at this level? (Local or secondary/tertiary navigation links) – Or, where can I go from here?
• How can I search?From Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd edition, by Steve Krug. New Riders, 2006. This text is found on page 85.
Missing: The search box
On a commercial Web site, we would expect to see the search box around here.