Designing functionality means asking a lot questions and testing different answers until you find the solution that works the best.
Strategy | Characteristics | advanatages/disadvantages |
Linear |
series of multimedia pages or slides. navigation is to next or previous page |
easiest and simplest ot follow limits ocmplexity of information by providing lengthy serialised (linear) presentations |
Tree (hierarchial) |
Layers of menus accessing suordinate pages within the content Navigation is to subordinate layers with returns to prior layers |
More difficult to create, test and maintain if there are a large number of paths. Need to have an easy return to top or to previous layers
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Network |
Combination of linear and tree format. naviagation is to success layers and across layers depending on the content. |
Similar to tree-based systems Good for large volumes of usntructured information Can be difficult to use and maintain because of the extensive cross branching. |