On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:05:20PM -0000, Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: > Thomas, > > :: I'd also prefer the navbar on the lefthand side. > > Navigation is critical to the whole site, I'm sure you'll agree. When I > design a website I consider the BIG sites (amazon, yahoo, imdb, etc, etc) > and learn from them. They have all evolved their useability criteria over > the years based on user testing, public feedback and log analysis. We > should all take advantage of the experience and knowledge they've paid for.
Navigation is indeed critical, more so for sites like Amazon that have a LOT of things they would like for you to be able to see. So I don't think you can compare the two types of sites like that. I too use a navigation bar on the top of the page for most of the projects I've been working on. But it doesn't necessarily mean it's the best choice for the job. > I would suggest that the primary menu occupies an area at the top-left of > the screen, the breadcrumb trail be sited as close to the top of the > document as possible and an additional panel of links at the bottom of each > page. What ever you guys decide on in the end I hope you will come up with something that enhances the documentation and doesn't distract from the actual content. -- Thomas Eibner <http://thomas.eibner.dk/> DnsZone <http://dnszone.org/> mod_pointer <http://stderr.net/mod_pointer> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
