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Re: Collapsible Braedcrumb Pattern

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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Aug 20, 2018 2:51PM

FYI: I tested the string I mentioned earlier, "Expand/collapse breadcrumb
path", in both Windows Speech Recognition and Dragon Naturally Speaking
14.0. Here are the results:

- *Windows Speech Recognition* responded to "click expand", "click
collapse", "click breadcrumb", "click path", "click breadcrumb path",
"click expand breadcrumb", "click collapse breadcrumb", "click expand
path", "click collapse path", "click expand collapse breadcrumb path"
- *Dragon Naturally Speaking 14.0* responded to "click breadcrumb",
"click path", "click breadcrumb path"

If I surrounded the slash with spaces, however, making the string "Expand /
collapse breadcrumb path", then Dragon Naturally Speaking 14.0 responded to
all of the commands that Windows Speech Recognition did, and Windows Speech
Recognition still responded to all of those as well.

So the upshot is, if you're using this strategy, surround your slashes with
spaces.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:22 AM Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Yes, Isabel. Actually, that was one of things our UX designer encountered
> when he was doing some quick guerrilla usability testing of the pattern
> with folks. He found that 50% of users know what a path is; 30% knew what
> breadcrumbs were (complete overlap with path); and 50% knew neither term.
> So, from that brief check, path seems like a better way to describe it.
> However, I think "Expand/collapse breadcrumb path" may be best. At the
> cost of a little extra verbosity, that should let speech recognition users
> activate the control by saying "click expand", "click collapse", "click
> breadcrumb", "click path", or "click breadcrumb path". I think; I still
> need to confirm that would work as described.
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 10:02 AM Isabel Holdsworth <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Just out of interest, I wonder if "breadcrumbs" is a term understood
>> more by devs and designers than by actual users. Would a
>> screenreader-user understand what was meant by "view full breadcrumb?"
>>
>> On 01/08/2018, Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> > Thanks, Jon! That's what I was thinking of. Unfortunately, when I go
>> to
>> > it in the Google Play Store on my device, it says "The early access
>> program
>> > is currently full. Space may open up later." Bummer.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 2:29 PM Jonathan Avila <
>> <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
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