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- There is a breadcrumb at the top of the page showing how the user navigated to their current location
- Each node also has a link leading back to its parent
Other possible errors include applying an incorrect filter, but this is mitigated in the same way as a miss-click.
Minimalist Design
This sketch design is the “minimalist” approach for a UI of our idea. The main goal in designing it was to minimize the amount of effort needed for any one action the user would like to carry out. It also minimizes the amount of different pages and windows the user has to navigate through when doing these actions through the use of our "Nav-Bar" which will always be accessible (it scrolls with the scrollbar). Selections from the Nav-Bar will update the main window accordingly so that the user, in essence, never goes to a new webpage.
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