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Navigation is Key.
What is good navigation?
- Consistent
- Surprise-free
- Intuitive
- Easy to use
Even bad navigation is better if it's consistent. This means that what is introduced on the home page is carried throughout the site.
Don't surprise the visitor by putting your navigation in an unexpected place, or by being overly creative with it. We expect to find navitation at the top or along the left side of the page. Don't make us work to find it.
Intuitive means that you don't have to think or experiment in order to use it. Keep your navigation simple. Like the example to the right.
Don't get too elaborate, especially if you are using drop-down subnavigation. You've seen the sites that have so many layers of drop down menus that it's difficult to manipulate your cursor to get to the right page? NOT Good.
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