Re: Action Item: 2.1 Proposal (Navigation)

Kynn,

>2.1  Provide a variety of navigation mechanisms
>
>      <glossary>Navigation mechanisms</glossary> help
>      the user find information on your site.  Providing
>      more than one navigation mechanism makes content
>      easier to locate and use.
>
>      ISSUE:  What does "a variety" mean?  By this guideline
>      I mean "use a site map, use a search feature, use navigation
>      bars" etc.

This is your attempt to create a checkpoint that encompasses 2.5, right? 
[2.5 If search functions are provided, provide a variety of search options 
for different skill levels and preferences.]

In that case then you might want to say, "provide more than one path or 
mechanism to find content."  still pretty rough, but "more than one" might 
be a bit tighter than "a variety."

then we could talk about the "scent of information" and the variety of ways 
people navigate information.  It's like saying, "there are 5 paths to get 
from A to B and people will choose a path based on which stores they wish 
to pass or which park they want to walk through."

>3.X  Provide consistent interaction behaviors
>(should follow WD-WCAG20-20010125 guideline 3.1)
>
>     <glossary>Interaction behaviors</glossary> are the
>      results of user actions.  They include, for example:
>      * events caused by the user activating a link
>      * rollover effects and popup menus
>      * form submission, after activating a submit
>        button
>      * interface controls within applets or scripts
>
>      These actions should be predictable and sensible
>      to the end user; this is achieved by making the
>      interactions consistent, both within the site
>      and with commonly used models of computer
>      interaction.

this is good. At the face to face we talked about "consistent" having two 
meanings in this context:
1. consistency with standard UI design.
2. consistent usage within a site.
This ought to mentioned in the rationale as well, no?

>      ISSUE:  Should there be a separate checkpoint for navigation
>      consistency?  If so, how do we define navigation consistency?
I think navigation is a subset of navigation and therefore a separate 
checkpoints is not necessary.

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Received on Friday, 16 March 2001 15:51:42 UTC