Re: [Usability] New Pathbar

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 23 Aug 2005, at 12:54, David Christian Berg wrote:
> http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~dcb/linux/newpathbar.png
>
> So what do you guys think of this approach?

I think it's a clever idea, but I'd be a bit concerned that it's  
quite complex and so different from any other widget that users might  
still have trouble with it.  There would also be accessibility issues  
to think about... it's easy to navigate a row of buttons in the  
standard way using Tab (and Space to activate), but how would you  
navigate and activate a list of hyperlinks in a text field?

I agree that we need a neat solution to the currently-hidden magic  
shortcuts, though, and I'd certainly encourage you to keep trying to  
find one :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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