On the interactive design of the new version of Watercress homepage: The label system of complex website

Source: Internet
Author: User

The new version of Watercress would like to make some adjustments in the framework, but the thought is not clear enough, and in the details of the processing is still quite confusing.
Today in the new version of the use of another problem found:

"Actual Scene"
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Users in my neighborhood radio saw a friend read the book, click the past, the above label jumped to "watercress reading", but the difference is very small, not obvious. The dominant navigation on the page becomes the guide to reading.

The user finds that the entire page has changed and the navigation bar just disappeared.
It was difficult for him to notice at the first time that the top label jumped to the "watercress reading" because it was too inconspicuous.
Two main navigation only the same label is: Home
Click on the home page, not back to the place just now.

What else can the user do besides clicking on the "browser" return?
This road, he is afraid to go again.



Problem
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Each big channel inside has the same "homepage" label, but in fact each "home" points to the place is the home page of each channel, are different. That is, a similar label, pointing to a different page.

This is an important issue to avoid when designing a tagging system for complex web sites.
"Home" This label should be used with caution in particular.



"Home is an escape door."
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For a complex system of sites, "home" this label has its special significance for most of the new users is very important:
New users are easily lost in the site, this time, "Home" is a restart 0 return to the beginning of the escape door (escape door) function.

"Home" is just like the iphone, a key tag that can be returned to the original point at any time.

The more complex the system, the more it needs to have a place that can be clearly labeled as ready to be recovered.
So even if the user is lost in the site, he will not have too much fear, because at least he knows that the door is behind.



Solution
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More appropriate approach, each channel's home page link tag should be the name of the channel, such as "watercress community" or "watercress reading."
If all of these are parallel systems, it is difficult to understand the relationship between the systems by providing fast navigation between the home pages of the parallel system, and the navigation needs to identify the current location clearly.



Generally speaking, the new issue of watercress, or in the information structure of the label and navigation ....
What each label is called is a question that requires further serious consideration.

As for the next layer, the establishment of this user-centric system abruptly split into several parts of the appropriate inappropriate, is the strategic layer of the problem.

Same label, different page pointing


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