Towards a General Model for Assisting Navigation

摘要

In this paper, we review the principles of navigation, present a general model for supporting navigation in user interface design, and show examples of how the model can be applied. The model has four different properties along which navigational scenarios can be classified. These are: dimensionality, freedom of movement, presentation and reinforcement. We show how use of the model leads to heuristics to help in the design and evaluation of user interfaces that include navigational aspects.