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	Back in the 90s almost all web-sites had a site-map. This was because different websites put their navigation controls in a different locations and it was good to be able to see the entire hierarchy of the website at a glance. This trend is now no longer fashionable, however, the problem that site-maps attempted to solve is just as relevant as ever.		Back in the 90s almost all web-sites had a site-map page. This was because different websites put their navigation controls in a different locations and it was good to be able to see the entire hierarchy of the website at a glance. This trend is now no longer fashionable, however, the problem that site-maps attempted to solve is just as relevant as ever.

	Just under a year ago, [http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/812 a few of us on the Windows 7 Taskforce website were looking at ways to improve the Windows Explorer breadcrumb bar] and had some brainstorming ideas on how to implement a universal sitemap. Unfortunately, the administrator of that site deleted all comments from March 2009 towards the end of 2009 :(. I've therefore tried to reproduce what was discussed there here as I think that Mozilla are one of the best parties to implement such an idea (especially since Microsoft have now introduced an excessively overly-minimal interface in IE9 which has somewhat retarded the future possible functionality of the address bar).		Just under a year ago, [http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/812 a few of us on the Windows 7 Taskforce website were looking at ways to improve the Windows Explorer breadcrumb bar] and had some brainstorming ideas on how to implement a universal sitemap. Unfortunately, the administrator of that site deleted all comments from March 2009 towards the end of 2009 :(. I've therefore tried to reproduce what was discussed there here as I think that Mozilla are one of the best parties to implement such an idea (especially since Microsoft have now introduced an excessively overly-minimal interface in IE9 which has somewhat retarded the future possible functionality of the address bar).