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RE: Preferrred breadcrumb implementation?

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Jun 1, 2006 8:00AM

> In have also used '>' as a graphic before in the stylesheet
> as well to avoid the repetion of 'greater than' although
> wether this is neccessary i'm not sure as '>' has come to
> represent a breadcrumb so hearing it may help - other opinions needed.

Yes, I guess that's specifically the question. To reword them:

- Does hearing 'greater than' actually help contexualize the beadcrumbs
for the user?

- Does leaving it as a OL/UL, like the rest of the navigation on the
site confuse more than help?

- Would labelling them as breadcrumbs also help, and, if so, is the
term 'breadcrumb navigation' ideal?

-Darrel