When is it okay to lose browsability?
One of the things I struggled with in the redesign – and still haven’t completely figured out – is when it’s okay for some content to no longer be browsable. By “browsable,” I mean “non-orphaned” – a page that has an inbound link from some index page. Consider the New York Times. They put their…
The author discusses the challenges of maintaining the browsing accessibility of content on a website, specifically in the context of a redesign. They note that while they do not have 13 million articles, they are approaching 7,000 and have removed the browsable category pages from their site, Gadgetopia. The author suggests that older articles can now be found through various links within the post text, from the “Related posts” and “What Links To/Here” sections, and through search.
Generated by Azure AI on June 24, 2024