Hi Nik
Ping an email all the way around the world and the only person to answer is
in the same town as you!
Just been talking through the same issue.Our take on it was that the top
level should link to orientation pages, i.e. pages which act as a category
page for the content below. This also
Hi Sam,
Good to receive a local reply!
I see the benefit of orientation pages in ecommerce sites, but when
looking at sites such as www.millfieldschool.com I'm not sure that
an orientation page would offer much benefit to the user.
The Millfield example allows the full drop-down content to be
@Neil - I think structure should be clear and logical, having said
that I still undecided yet whether a category or url-segment such as
'sports' could return a 404 if the user chooses to chop the url to
get to it. No links within the site would point to /sports, only
/sports/windsurfing etc.. so
Hmm, the greater than sign has been lost in the web ether, I guess. It is
the former:
Home Sports: Windsurfing
Oleh Kovalchuke
Interaction Design is design of time
http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Charles Boyung
Nik,
Yes, site structure should be clear and logical, but at what point in
the URL is the URL no longer important to users? I'd really like to
do a study to find out. But my guess is that if your navigation is
clear and logical, users won't care what the site structure is.
I'd say the only time
Neil,
Thanks for your reply.
I see what you mean, but I would think having category/sub-category
titles and product names in urls would be better for SEO.
It's only my personal preference, but having a 1:1 to structure
helps me get a 'feel' for the site, the content architecture and
generally
Hi all,
Im putting together some recommendations for using mega drop-down
navigation.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html
Im interested in the opinion of the iXDA list on whether the
top-level navigation items should lead to pathway (or landing) pages,
or whether they can
On a personal note, I love these menus. You have the potential to get
a great index of a site or an area of the site, capitalizing on
the scanning we do nowadays, without taking up an entire page for
navigation.
I have run into the same question on category indexes/introductions
and the relation
The category pages might be useful for casual, What else is there?
browsing. I recommend skipping them, because you can support this behavior
from the target page.
If you decide to skip building category pages, incorporate categories in
breadcrumbs. For instance:
Home Sports: Windsurfing
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Why must navigation and structure be 1:1? They are separate, yet
admittedly related concepts. Users don't care about structure.
They care about finding the right content. Navigation is one of
those ways they do that.
Don't just think about the usability of the dropdowns but also their
another nice use of these mega nav dropdowns is including callouts,
promos, featured items as part of the space
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Posted from the new ixda.org
http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46723
If you decide to skip building category pages, incorporate
categories in breadcrumbs. For instance:
Home Sports: Windsurfing
What would your links be here? Home and Sports: Windsurfing
or Home Sports: and Windsurfing? I could potentially see a
case for what you are saying if you use the
Why must navigation and structure be 1:1?
Um, because contrary to what you said after this, navigation and
structure are not just related, they ARE the same thing, at least in
terms of this discussion. You have a navigation tree to follow from
one page to the next. If that isn't structure, then
another nice use of these mega nav dropdowns is including callouts,
promos, featured items as part of the space
I guess your definition of nice is different than mine. I personally
hate it when my navigation has all of that extra junk there, both as a
user and as a usability analyst. It really
If you're going to use a mega drop down, take advantage of it. Take
rei.com for example. Look at the first dropdown for Camping
Hiking. You can click on the main nav item and be taken to a landing
page. It also has 4 internal structures, Gear, Gadgets
Electronics, Camp Kitchen, Health
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