Re: [breadcrumbs] best practice

In my experience making the current active page a linked item in the
breadcrumbs lead to potential confusion for all users. I observed users (in
usability tests), clicking on this link - expecting to go to a previous
page - and then ending on the same page (probably around early 2000s), and
have ever since avoided 1) placing the current page name as a member of the
breadcrumb, and 2) would most definitely not make it an active link.

Thanks all for the comments - it appears as if we could do with some
research in this area...

Kindest regards
Harry




On 18 November 2017 at 01:36, Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Why is it a best practice to make the current page an active link to the
> same page - isn't an active visible link distracting or at least confusing
> to users with cognitive disabilities?
>         snip of code from pattern:
>         . . .
>         <li>
>         <a href="./index.html" aria-current="page">
>           Breadcrumb Example
>         </a>
> ___________
> Regards,
> Phill Jenkins
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> From:        Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com>
> To:        "'Patrick H. Lauke'" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, <
> w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Date:        11/17/2017 03:38 PM
> Subject:        RE: [breadcrumbs] best practice
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> BTW, we have a breadcrumb pattern in the ARIA Authoring Practicess:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__w3c.
> github.io_aria-2Dpractices_-23breadcrumb&d=DwIFaQ&c=jf_
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> Matt King
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk
> <redux@splintered.co.uk>]
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 2:09 AM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [breadcrumbs] best practice
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> On 17/11/2017 09:43, Harry Loots wrote:
> > Hi all
> > what is the current thinking on breadcrumbs.
> >
> > I have a situation where a client want to display the page name in the
> > breadcrumb, then repeat the page name immediately afterwards as a
> > heading, which I know can be a nuisance for text-to-speech users.
>
> I'd say across all the things that can be problematic/nuisance on web
> pages, that's a pretty minor thing. I'd further argue that even if the text
> is repeated, it does serve two separate purposes: in the breadcrumb
> navigation, to indicate this is the current page; as a heading, to, well,
> act as heading for the actual page's content.
>
> In short, don't think it's an actual problem.
>
> > Are their any firm rules on breadcrumbs, or strong views for that
> > matter :)
>
> No firm rules, as with most things in accessibility *grin*
>
> And as is often the case, it'll depend on the specific situation (i.e.
> how is the breadcrumb actually marked up? how long are these page titles
> - a few words, or as long as a whole sentence - etc).
>
> P
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