Web Design: Navigation Using Breadcrumbs

This metaphor comes from the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, who left a trail of
breadcrumbs to find their way back out of the woods. In the context of Web
design, breadcrumbs are aids to help the user to understand where they are on a website, how they got there and where else can they go.



In the example above, I’ve taken a screengrab from Typepad. Each step that I’ve taken is hyperlinked, so I can easily trace my steps backward.

Breadcrumbs are a great way of letting your users know exactly where they are and where they’ve been.