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In this video, we learn about why navigation systems are important for you and your users.
New Terms:
- Global navigation - menu that shows the main sections of a website
- Local navigation - sub-menu that shows the main links within a section of a website
- Breadcrumbs - links that show where the current page is located with the sections or levels of the website
- Contextual links - links within the text in the body of a page
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The next IA principle
is navigation systems.
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Menus are a big part of establishing
a system of navigation for your users.
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But to be clear, navigation refers to all
the systems you put in place on a website
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or app to help people navigate, to help
them get around from place to place.
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And it's more than just showing people
what they could do by putting up a menu.
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It's also about giving them options in
the right place and at the right time,
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so they can move around quickly and
easily and find what they need.
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