Friday, 26 November 2010

Researching Website Design- Navigation

Navigation and its importance:

1) Helps us find whatever it is we’re looking for.

2) Tell us where we are.

3) It gives us something to hold on to.

4) It tells us what’s here.

5) Tells user how to use the site.

6) It gives the user confidence in the people who built the site.


It needs to be clear, easy to use, easy to find and consistent on every page.

Different types of navigation:

1) Site structure navigation

2) Function navigation

3) Direct navigation

4) Reference navigation

5) Dynamic navigation

6) Breadcrumb navigation

7) Step navigation


Ways to do navigation:

1) Horizontal text

2) Vertical text

3) Drop-down menus

4) Sub-menus

5) Text with description

6) Icons or graphics

7) Experimental

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