SIGIA-L Mail Archives: [Sigia-l] IA myths: conceptual model of
[Sigia-l] IA myths: conceptual model of navigation - was: mixing apples and oranges and tomatoes
From: PeterV (peter_at_poorbuthappy.com)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2001 - 18:21:37 EDT
At 01:30 PM 4/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> so the user becomes unable to build a conceptual model of the site over
> time.
Which to me seem one of the great myths of IA: this whole
building-a-conceptual-model-of-the-navigation business.
I've never seen much evidence that users build a conceptual model of a
site's *navigational system*. What they seem to do is to remember the path
(in the form of remembering links and where they are on the page) they took
to a certain destination, and repeat that path. They do have a conceptual
model of *how things work*, but for me that isn't directly related to
navigation paths. It seems more related to general attributes, like "This
is a site where you can find reliable reviews", or "The news here is always
interesting".
There are of course the "left hand links are navigation" and "top right
corner is home" thingies, but I'd call those conventions, not conceptual
models. Any insights to share on this?
PeterV
http://petervandijck.net
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