Chapter 7. Viewing and Navigation: Creating Consistent Sorting, Filtering, and Navigation Behaviors
“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”
—Anonymous
Layer 4: Viewing and Navigation marks the beginning of Tier II: Behavior and a departure from the sometimes abstract world of conceptual, structural, and organizational models. Starting with this layer and continuing through the other layers of the Behavior tier, the issues and tradeoffs affecting the design become increasingly concrete and specific.
Although the distinction between the three layers of the Behavior tier can at times be subtle, but important differences are visible upon closer inspection. Chief among them is that the behaviors of the Viewing and Navigation ...
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