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Does a breadcrumb typically contain the current page? Is there a convention? 74.121.2.213 05:32, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
We need a SCREENSHOT For This.
I think a "classic" TEXT breadcrumb (ala Yahoo!) would be a better example. There's only 2,454,343,453 websites that use them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherylrenee ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The two screenshots are obscure examples that aren't easy to understand. How about using an example from a popular website. Like stated above, there are so many good examples, yet here we have two obscure examples. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.196.141.50 ( talk) 22:43, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
"Breadcrumbs" is an unfortunate metaphor. Hansel and Gretel used stones in their earlier successful navigation; when later they were forced to use breadcrumbs, these were eaten by birds and they got lost. Who coined the term? Is it too late to change it to "pebbles"? jnestorius( talk) 12:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Though none of these terms has (in my opinion) the same level of recognition, they might serve as better metaphors.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SaturatedPhat ( talk • contribs) 08:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
-- SaturatedPhat 08:43, 2 March 2007 (UTC) -fixed typos
Ive seen these on one other Wiki. They would be a great idea for Wikipedia. Is it gonna happen? Or is there some technical restriction that prevents it from happening? Haplolology Talk/ Contributions 04:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
This page should mention that Vista uses a breadcrumb approach for Windows Explorer...as well as the seething hatred some computer users have for the damned useless things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.215.253 ( talk) 02:55, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The usability section of the article says
But as I understand it, and according to the usage on Mediawiki Help (I got to this article from the link on that page), location breadcrumbs* indicate location in namespace, not membership in categories. Namespaces are by definition hierarchical, so there's only one possible breadcrumb trail for any page. But categories are unstructured: a page can be included in any number of categories, and it's meaningless to talk of which category is the "parent" of which other category down to the page level. (Categories can be subcategorized, but that doesn't seem to be involved here.)
* That page just says "breadcrumbs. It's about namespaces, not browser paths with "forward" and "back".
-- Thnidu ( talk) 18:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Although Breadcrumb seem to become an acceptably name the technical name is "orientation Path". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.115.235.2 ( talk) 08:01, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
The page seems a bit confused as it refers to Haensel & Gretel who obviously marked the way they were going (== the history of locations where they have been - their PATH), but only lists ATTRIBUTE and LOCATION breadcrumbs as types, but misses to give PATH as a type.
It even explains that LOCATION breadcrumbs mark the current location in the hierarchy of pages, which is obviously not necessarily the same as the PATH the user has taken to end up at the current location.
Citation from http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/52/breadcrumb.htm
"""There are three different types of breadcrumbs represented in websites – path, attribute, and location (Instone, 2003). Path breadcrumb trails are dynamic in that any given page will show a different breadcrumb trail based on how the user reached the page. Attribute breadcrumb trails display meta information showing many different trails representing several possible paths to reach the page. The location breadcrumb trail is a textual representation of a site’s structure, e.g. Home > Furniture > Chairs > Leather Chairs. This representation of information allows users to link to major categories of information along a continuum of sequential order. Regardless of how users arrive at Leather Chairs, the breadcrumb trail displayed is the same. This study investigated the use of “location” breadcrumbs.""" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.99.172.1 ( talk) 15:40, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, it wasn't doing too well, not too many editors or viewers. Basically it said that a State bag "holds" breadcrumbs, but it didn't have any citations for that, otherwise would've merged. meteor_sandwich_yum ( talk) 04:17, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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Does a breadcrumb typically contain the current page? Is there a convention? 74.121.2.213 05:32, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
We need a SCREENSHOT For This.
I think a "classic" TEXT breadcrumb (ala Yahoo!) would be a better example. There's only 2,454,343,453 websites that use them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherylrenee ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The two screenshots are obscure examples that aren't easy to understand. How about using an example from a popular website. Like stated above, there are so many good examples, yet here we have two obscure examples. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.196.141.50 ( talk) 22:43, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
"Breadcrumbs" is an unfortunate metaphor. Hansel and Gretel used stones in their earlier successful navigation; when later they were forced to use breadcrumbs, these were eaten by birds and they got lost. Who coined the term? Is it too late to change it to "pebbles"? jnestorius( talk) 12:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Though none of these terms has (in my opinion) the same level of recognition, they might serve as better metaphors.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SaturatedPhat ( talk • contribs) 08:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC).
-- SaturatedPhat 08:43, 2 March 2007 (UTC) -fixed typos
Ive seen these on one other Wiki. They would be a great idea for Wikipedia. Is it gonna happen? Or is there some technical restriction that prevents it from happening? Haplolology Talk/ Contributions 04:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
This page should mention that Vista uses a breadcrumb approach for Windows Explorer...as well as the seething hatred some computer users have for the damned useless things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.215.253 ( talk) 02:55, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The usability section of the article says
But as I understand it, and according to the usage on Mediawiki Help (I got to this article from the link on that page), location breadcrumbs* indicate location in namespace, not membership in categories. Namespaces are by definition hierarchical, so there's only one possible breadcrumb trail for any page. But categories are unstructured: a page can be included in any number of categories, and it's meaningless to talk of which category is the "parent" of which other category down to the page level. (Categories can be subcategorized, but that doesn't seem to be involved here.)
* That page just says "breadcrumbs. It's about namespaces, not browser paths with "forward" and "back".
-- Thnidu ( talk) 18:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Although Breadcrumb seem to become an acceptably name the technical name is "orientation Path". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.115.235.2 ( talk) 08:01, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
The page seems a bit confused as it refers to Haensel & Gretel who obviously marked the way they were going (== the history of locations where they have been - their PATH), but only lists ATTRIBUTE and LOCATION breadcrumbs as types, but misses to give PATH as a type.
It even explains that LOCATION breadcrumbs mark the current location in the hierarchy of pages, which is obviously not necessarily the same as the PATH the user has taken to end up at the current location.
Citation from http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/52/breadcrumb.htm
"""There are three different types of breadcrumbs represented in websites – path, attribute, and location (Instone, 2003). Path breadcrumb trails are dynamic in that any given page will show a different breadcrumb trail based on how the user reached the page. Attribute breadcrumb trails display meta information showing many different trails representing several possible paths to reach the page. The location breadcrumb trail is a textual representation of a site’s structure, e.g. Home > Furniture > Chairs > Leather Chairs. This representation of information allows users to link to major categories of information along a continuum of sequential order. Regardless of how users arrive at Leather Chairs, the breadcrumb trail displayed is the same. This study investigated the use of “location” breadcrumbs.""" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.99.172.1 ( talk) 15:40, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, it wasn't doing too well, not too many editors or viewers. Basically it said that a State bag "holds" breadcrumbs, but it didn't have any citations for that, otherwise would've merged. meteor_sandwich_yum ( talk) 04:17, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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