Designing Web Navigation
Designing Web Navigation Optimizing the User Experience By James Kalbach
August 2007
Pages: 412

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Table of Contents

  1. Foundations of Web Navigation

    1. Chapter 1 Introducing Web Navigation

      1. CONSIDERING NAVIGATION
      2. THE NEED FOR NAVIGATION
      3. WEB NAVIGATION DESIGN
      4. SUMMARY
      5. QUESTIONS
      6. FURTHER READING

    2. Chapter 2 Understanding Navigation

      1. INFORMATION SEEKING
      2. SEEKING INFORMATION ONLINE
      3. WEB BROWSING BEHAVIOR
      4. INFORMATION SHAPE
      5. EXPERIENCING INFORMATION
      6. SUMMARY
      7. QUESTIONS
      8. FURTHER READING

    3. Chapter 3 Mechanisms of Navigation

      1. STEP NAVIGATION
      2. PAGING NAVIGATION
      3. BREADCRUMB TRAIL
      4. TREE NAVIGATION
      5. SITE MAPS
      6. DIRECTORIES
      7. TAG CLOUDS
      8. A–Z INDEXES
      9. NAVIGATION BARS AND TABS
      10. VERTICAL MENU
      11. DYNAMIC MENUS
      12. DROP-DOWN MENUS
      13. VISUALIZING NAVIGATION
      14. BROWSER MECHANISMS
      15. SUMMARY
      16. QUESTIONS
      17. FURTHER READING

    4. Chapter 4 Types of Navigation

      1. CATEGORIES OF NAVIGATION
      2. PAGE TYPES
      3. SUMMARY
      4. QUESTIONS
      5. FURTHER READING

    5. Chapter 5 Labeling Navigation

      1. THE VOCABULARY PROBLEM
      2. ASPECTS OF GOOD LABELS
      3. LABELING SYSTEMS
      4. PERSUASIVE LABELS
      5. TRANSLATING LABELS
      6. SOURCES OF LABELS
      7. SUMMARY
      8. QUESTIONS
      9. FURTHER READING

  2. A Framework for Navigation Design

    1. Chapter 6 Evaluation

      1. QUALITIES OF SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION
      2. EVALUATION METHODS
      3. SUMMARY
      4. QUESTIONS
      5. FURTHER READING

    2. Chapter 7 Analysis

      1. BUSINESS GOALS
      2. UNDERSTANDING CONTENT
      3. UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY
      4. USER INTELLIGENCE
      5. PERFORMING PRIMARY USER RESEARCH
      6. CONSOLIDATING RESEARCH FINDINGS
      7. SCENARIOS
      8. SUMMARY
      9. QUESTIONS
      10. FURTHER READING

    3. Chapter 8 Architecture

      1. PERSUASIVE ARCHITECTURE
      2. NAVIGATION CONCEPT
      3. INFORMATION STRUCTURES
      4. ORGANIZATIONAL SCHEMES
      5. SITE MAPS
      6. SUMMARY
      7. QUESTIONS
      8. FURTHER READING

    4. Chapter 9 Layout

      1. DETERMINING NAVIGATION PATHS
      2. VISUAL LOGIC
      3. PAGE TEMPLATES
      4. WIREFRAMES
      5. SUMMARY
      6. QUESTIONS
      7. FURTHER READING

    5. Chapter 10 Presentation

      1. INFORMATION DESIGN
      2. INTERACTING WITH NAVIGATION
      3. GRAPHIC DESIGN
      4. SPECIFYING NAVIGATION
      5. SUMMARY
      6. QUESTIONS
      7. FURTHER READING

  3. Navigation in Special Contexts

    1. Chapter 11 Navigation and Search

      1. NAVIGATION PRIOR TO SEARCH
      2. NAVIGATION AFTER SEARCH
      3. FACETED BROWSE
      4. SUMMARY
      5. QUESTIONS
      6. FURTHER READING

    2. Chapter 12 Navigation and Social Tagging Systems

      1. TAGGING
      2. NAVIGATING SOCIAL CLASSIFICATIONS
      3. SUMMARY
      4. QUESTIONS
      5. FURTHER READING

    3. Chapter 13 Navigation and Rich Web Applicatios

      1. RICH WEB APPLICATIONS
      2. NAVIGATING RICH WEB APPLICATIONS
      3. DESIGNING RICH WEB APPLICATIONS
      4. SUMMARY
      5. QUESTIONS
      6. FURTHER READING

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