Jan
25
Is this the future of web navigation?
StudyVox, the UK student social networking site, has announced the phase one release of its Stepping Stones Technology. According to CEO Kevin Martin Stepping Stones Technology is set to change dramatically the way websites are navigated.
He said, “”I believe Stepping Stones Technology will become the new standard in internet navigation. If Stepping Stones is designed correctly it can be applied to every aspect of the web. It also makes websites far more accessible to those who are put off by current web design conventions, as Stepping Stones Technology will guide them through every step of navigation.”
Take a visit to http://www.studyvox.co.uk to find our more.
I don’t think so. It seems very cumbersome and not obvious. If it’s the future of navigation why do they have traditional navigation as well? I don’t get it.
Hey that’s pretty sweet!
Stepping Stone Tech looks interesting, but based on that picture I have to wonder how aesthetically pleasing it is. Is the current method for web navigation so non-user-friendly that we have to go to this? I’m not so sure. I guess I’d have to see more.
This link just goes to a useless page. Don’t waste your time.
wow, stereofidelic fontface… I’d need to sign up for it to be able to test this new type of navigation, but my first impression of it is that it’s confusing and unusable. Is this tic-tac-toe?
The future? Wow this future isn’t so bright…I gotta wear shades….some thick thick shades. Thick enough to wear I don’t see that mess.
Looks like a good thought, and glad to see people trying NEW things. I just cant see this pattern being successful in the way it’s built here. Look at apple’s expose, great features for navigating desktops and windows. 9-10 mac users I know don’t even know about it, and after I show them refuse to use it because it’s ‘confusing’.
I don’t think it’s a terrible idea, but I wouldn’t make it the primary navigation. It should be an optional way of browsing a site, much like a site map, so that if a site’s content has a lot of subpages or subactions, something like this could make getting to the right place easier.
It seems more adequate for a quick viewing of pages on a site. However, I would not make it the primary navigation because it seems confusing and not aesthetically pleasing. Seems like it was developed for a touch screen than a mouse or keyboard.
What's your opinion?