You don't have to rely upon my opinion.
There is a
poll on this topic.
Space at the top of a web page is at a premium. Every inch counts.
Forinstance, banner ads at the top of the page make people money.
I'd rather give space up to important things like banner ads vs. breadcrumbs.
Many people have voted they don't feel the breadcrumb is helpful on non-forum pages.
No one has described a use of the breadcrumb on non-forum pages.
I think giving people the option of having the breadcrumb in many areas is fine.
But I feel that
the breadcrumb should be OPTIONAL.
I don't want it on a Home Page, Nor a wiki page (unless it has a large hierarchy), nor many other non-forum pages.
I would like it on a nested cataglog, a nested forum, and a nested gallery.
Ideally the breadcrumb could have different formatting: ie. be made smaller ?
I'll look into some breadcrumbs that take up less screen real estate.
Anyone got a skin with a different breadcrumb ?
There are things about xenforo and vBulletin that make space at the top more of a premium such as the subnavbar. vBulletin has one. Xenforo has one. Many other forums (almost all) do not. Does anyone know another forum software with s
IPB - no.
phpBB3 - no
SMF - no
mybb - no
etc.
MyBB has some very nice non-forum pages.
http://community.mybb.com/
Check out the ideas tab, get involved, etc.
Nice looking pages.
Xenforo would be smart to take notes.
MyBB's home page sure looks better than vBulletin's CMS Home Page.
MyBB has a breadcrumb on forum pages only.
No subnavbar, no breadcrumb. Just a nice Tab and a nice Title.