Most decent sites of any size offer a way to move forward, backward, "downward" and "upward" through their sites. It is seldom presented as downward and upward tho. Downward is simply clicking on a link that brings you deeper into the site. Our own site has a "Home" buttom that offers an upward movement. Our site is only 2 levels deep, aside from pop out detail windows, so the Home button is sufficient.
If you understand Window's directories and the different Explorer views work you know how Windows is inherently about this Forward, Backward, Downward, and Upward motion.
The Google Toolbar will give you an "Up" button if you want.
I guess this whole rant is because I thought the "pureness" of the navigation at this site was cool. I've linked to a point in the site where you can go Back, Forward, or Up.
http://www.elrelojdesol.com/leonardo-da-vinci/gallery-english/pages/08_The_Last_Supper.htm
It's really just the nav for the picture viewer built into the site, and nothing new, but it was refreshing to have so clear a way to get "up"
So that is way enough about this...
Google images actually "stole" the up down/ sideways idea from Microsoft, nothing new there as far as "stealing" goes, but if it becomes common, good for us the consumer,
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I think the Up, Down, Back, Forth thing is/was inevitable
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