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Subject: RE: Survey on directory structure usage

Paul Smith (28p/+0r) Posted: Saturday 14 Apr 2001
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I've done something similar, but the directory names are not as descriptive as Google's. Neither do they offer the functionality Google does where a user can intelligently edit the URL to get to another stage (a user can do it, but going to /SCL, from /SCL/SCLA is not as informative as Google's structure is).

OTOH, I do provide a bread crumb trail where the user can jump to any previous state they had visited.

The only template in each of my directories is a single index.cfm. The actual templates are CFINCLUDEed from a CF-mapped directory the web server cannot see. I guess this might slightly reduce the exposure a display of directory structure offers....

So the short answer is I think the directory tree can be useful for users, mine is exposed in a recent app, but it's not as useful to users as Google's is.

best, paul

At 09:56 AM 4/14/01 -0700, you wrote: >That was really informative Roger, thanks. >The question I posed is still unanswered though. How do fuseboxers feel >about hiding the directory tree from the users and could it provide some >useful functionality? > > From the links Roger provided, I'm seeing that for cataloging large amounts >of information the directory technique works wonderfully. But what about >applications who have finite levels ( I've never made a site deeper than 3 ) >does the use of directories for navigation/interaction make sense?

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