Navigation part 2: Describe the buckets
Sure… your software has a 158 different features all nicely laid out on 158 tabs, and you’re proud of that, right? Too bad no one can (or wants to) use it. Navigation is about creating a few distinct clusters of functionality. You should keep these under 6 clusters (usually.) A good example is (again) Google analytics. There are five main buckets: Dashboard, Visitors, Traffic Sources, Content, and Goals.
In the navigation world of maps (circa 1870), the buckets were countries, and they had corresponding personalities… This French map, created during the Franco-Prussian war is titled “Carte drôlatique d’Europe pour 1870″ - or satirical map of Europe. Each country is drawn as a cartoon character… It also reflects the political sensibilities of the era.
Another cool map via StrangeMaps
Tags: navigation, maps, Europe, clusters
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