Many people might find the term “Breadcrumb Navigation” quite strange, but it is not so strange for web designers. A large number of web designers, however, seldom resort to it because it is commonly believed that it takes much more effort on part of designers to implement it in their designs.
Though both kinds of opinions are afloat in web designing world about the use of “breadcrumb navigation”, but this article serves to highlight some pros of this technique after elaborating a bit about what it actually stands for.
Breadcrumb navigation
Basically, the term “breadcrumb” is known to have been picked up from the classic fairytale “Hansel and Gretel”, where these two kid characters rely on breadcrumbs to find their way back home. Similarly, this visual technique in web design world refers to a navigation system that allows users to trace back their path conveniently, letting them stay aware of their current location on site.
Pros
- The biggest advantage of this visually enhanced navigation mechanism is to help enhance user experience. It keeps users updated about their movements while surfing a site.
- It saves users from undue labor and irritation. If a user is on fifth page of a website and wants to go back to 2 page; instead of clicking the back button three times, it will entail him to simply click the visual representation of 2nd page only once.
- Breadcrumbs on a website are horizontally oriented mostly and do not need much of space. Therefore, designers can use them without much apprehension about space.
- Another very important feature of breadcrumb navigation is to lower down the bounce rate of a website by offering increased ease and convenience to users.
Though Breadcrumb Navigation has not been able to come mainstream, but still it is quite beneficial in many respects. Try that out for yourself to observe the positive outcomes and best luck about that.
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