Comments on: Blog Archives force Pogosticking http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/26/blog-archives-force-pogosticking/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Zephyr http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/26/blog-archives-force-pogosticking/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 Zephyr Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:13:18 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=168#comment-1273 I guess the monthly archives, whether presented as a calender with number of posts per day or not, is just one of those blog features that's been around from the beginning, but is fairly unusable. But even if you have to click back to a single page of headlines to go to another article, as Jonathan suggests, isn't that still 'pogosticking'? And is pogosticking really so bad if it's applied to an article browsing environment? I thought the big problem with pogosticking was in comparing items (such as in online stores), where the user needs to be able to find enough information on the gallery page to know which one to click for details. It seems to me that in the case of the average blog, just mentioning the headlines seems to accomplish that well enough. I guess the monthly archives, whether presented as a calender with number of posts per day or not, is just one of those blog features that’s been around from the beginning, but is fairly unusable.

But even if you have to click back to a single page of headlines to go to another article, as Jonathan suggests, isn’t that still ‘pogosticking’? And is pogosticking really so bad if it’s applied to an article browsing environment? I thought the big problem with pogosticking was in comparing items (such as in online stores), where the user needs to be able to find enough information on the gallery page to know which one to click for details. It seems to me that in the case of the average blog, just mentioning the headlines seems to accomplish that well enough.

]]> By: justaddwater.dk | Pogosticking and why it should be avoided http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/26/blog-archives-force-pogosticking/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 justaddwater.dk | Pogosticking and why it should be avoided Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:41:48 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=168#comment-1270 [...] Also, Jonathan Boutelle has a good point on archive pogosticking (via Jared Spool): One of the prototypical features of any blog is a monthly archive. This is typically a link on the sidebar for each month since the blog went live, and usually looks something like this: [...] [...] Also, Jonathan Boutelle has a good point on archive pogosticking (via Jared Spool): One of the prototypical features of any blog is a monthly archive. This is typically a link on the sidebar for each month since the blog went live, and usually looks something like this: [...]

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