Tom Von Lahndorff schrieb:
- I think fly out menus on Web pages just don't Feel Good (not to
mention the debatable usability problems they might introduce[2]).
See Mike D.'s comments on that article which pretty much sums up my
rationale and implementation.
Still not convinced, but that's just me. We don't have such a deep
structure or information density, I would simply put a context
navigation on the left (or right) for each section but not on the
homepage, like on this two pages:
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/>
<http://www.mozilla.org/about/>
Very simple.
Not really. Just the opposite actually, confusing. My design is
certainly more "simple" than mozilla's. Inconsistent page layout. I like
sites that have a consistent layout throughout, including the homepage.
It's confusing when the navigation changes on a page by page basis. In
my case there's no scheme that the user has to *get*.
I agree that the consistency is a hight priority (nevertheless I find
mozilla.org pretty user friendly).
I also think a *visible* 2nd level navigation is very important for
orientation. Maybe we agree on the basic question of a random visitor on
a Web site:
A) Where am I?
B) Where do I come from (or how did I come here)?
C) Where can I go from here?
To answer B the page must either have a navigation system in which the
context is obvious, or at least a breadcrumb navigation trail.
If you have a visible 2nd (and maybe 3rd) level navigation the fly out
menus become redundant. Note: I'm not saying that the navigation must
change on different sections or that the fly out menus must be disabled
to achieve this.
Tonico
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