I have nothing against the term breadcrumbs, and they'll show up one day, I promise.
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Triangles instead of folders is done. Comments?
I think the triangles are pretty, but I think they're less meaningful to the casual eye than the folders were.
I prefer the triangles. The folders were too small to really be visually meaningful, and I think a left-pointing triangle is a pretty well-known "more stuff under here" marker by now.
The triangles are good, plus there's more space between the folder names now.
What it tells me (and I think that's only as an experienced user) is that if I click, the list will expand in the same space and show me the contents.
Which won't happen here.
To an inexperienced user, I think they'd look like triangles.
I'm with ita, they look like twirlies and don't twirl which is odd. Message Centre only works if you have the thread you want subscribed, though, Jon.
I was sure you were violently agin breadcrumbs, ita. I may be losing my mind.
What it tells me (and I think that's only as an experienced user) is that if I click, the list will expand in the same space and show me the contents.
Same here. I just clicked to see if they did, in fact, expand. (Like "twisties" in Lotus Notes). I like the look of the triangles better than the folders, though, FWIW. (That's what I was coming in here to say: "Ooo, pretty red things!"
To an inexperienced user, I think they'd look like triangles.
Which is less of a problem, I think. They draw the eye, so inexperienced users who hit the home page will focus on them, and if said user is looking to talk about film or TV (ie, Buffy), s/he'll probably click correctly.
Yay triangles! I likes them better than folders.
If possible, the subthreads should be indented when you click on the widget. And the technical term would be "navigational trail," not "breadcrumb," Jim, since breadcrumbs are dynamically generated.