SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: SIGIA-L: Throwing mud: cartographic
RE: SIGIA-L: Throwing mud: cartographic representation of site structure
From: Kathy LeMunyon (Kathy.LeMunyon_at_raremedium.com)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 13:13:53 EDT
Setting all the other arguments aside, aren't you ignoring the fact that
some users *automatically* go to the site map as a way of navigating to a
particular content item? I know, because I am one of them. I also commonly
view the site map as a way of quickly getting a birds eye view of the site,
without having to examine each major navigation section separately.
I absolutely agree that sometimes a site map is used as a panacea for
navigation that isn't well formed and/or articulated. But there will always
be users who *prefer* to use it rather than other means of locating relevant
content. That said, I think it would be foolhardy to eliminate it.
Kathy LeMunyon | Information Architect
Rare Medium Atlanta
V 770-576-4290 | F 770-576-4200
-----Original Message-----
From: Ziya Oz [mailto:ziyaoz_at_earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:01 PM
To: Sigia-L_at_asis.org
Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: Throwing mud: cartographic representation of site
structure
christina wodtke wrote:
> these megastores allow one to do everything in one location, rather than
> having to trudge from spot to spot,
Wouldn't you agree that some megastores are/can be better structured for
easier navigation than others?
Best,
Ziya
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