A conversation about design...

Bes · 23 Mar 2008 at 23:26

Hi there,

My first question is.....

Do you think it is ever good practice to do away with the typical side navigation altogether, and move it to the top of the page (under a header/ banner)?

Thanks

benjo · 23 Mar 2008 at 23:27

Depends on what my website is displaying, and how big the page is

Bes · 23 Mar 2008 at 23:33

Well lets say we have a site which is in need of all the horizonal space it can get (and being designed to 1024x768, as I think that is now the 'minimum standard' res used)... Do you think it will put off/ confuse a lot of users?

robmiller · 23 Mar 2008 at 23:49

No, it's ridiculously common :confused:

Bes · 24 Mar 2008 at 01:07

Really? I struggle to find many sites with all navigation via the top

unknowndomain · 24 Mar 2008 at 13:44

Bes said:
Really? I struggle to find many sites with all navigation via the top

This site? and every VBulletin, phpBB, InvisionBoard etc...
bbc.co.uk
overclockers.co.uk

lsg1r · 24 Mar 2008 at 15:40

as long as its clearly located don't personally think its an issue, my navigation is at the bottom left hand side of my site. It works in context with the layout/design and I haven't had any complaints yet.

robmiller · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:34

unknowndomain said:
This site? and every VBulletin, phpBB, InvisionBoard etc...
bbc.co.uk
overclockers.co.uk

Yep, and also (off the top of my head--sights I visit regularly):

http://www.flickr.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/
50% of http://facebook.com/
http://www.last.fm/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.skysports.com/football/competition/0,,11660,00.html

In fact, I think I probably visit more sites with horizontal navigation than I do with vertical.