Many Navigational Systems may be integrated and used in conjunction with a Web browser. Websites require Navigational Systems because the end user will have great difficulty in navigating in or out of a Website (6:13).
According to Jennifer Fleming in Web Navigation, the ten principles of good navigation are to:
Be easily learned,
Remain consistent,
Provide feedback,
Appear in context,
Offer alternatives,
Require an economy of action and time,
Provide clear visual messages,
Use clear and understandable labels,
Be appropriate to the site’s purpose, and
Support end users goals and behaviors (6:13).
The design and use of effective Navigational Systems in Websites that helps to structure the textual elements or graphical contents of Websites. The Web designer must integrate all of the elements of Navigational Systems that they work efficiently and are ascetically pleasing.
The ability to effectively wayfind and the perceptual, psychological, cognitive, or mental ability of sense-making in cyberspace are dependent upon Navigational Systems that assist the end user in finding information online.
Wayfinding and sense-making mean that the end user can move from point A to point B in cyberspace or a Website or subsite, without puzzlement or getting lost. Understanding Navigational Systems and Information Architecture—in terms of navigation and wayfinding, mean that end users can use Websites. (2; 4:35-58; 8:15-34; 9:11-14).
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