Re: side menu

So, maybe the key is to design the site, and each page in the site, so that:

1.  The navigational elements are easy enough for readers to find
2.  Consistently placed

In my case, the pages are mostly text and the right-side navigation is more-colorful than most of pages, which are kind of text-heavy, so the reader's eye is attracted to the navigation.  

What I like visually about the right-side navigation is that the left edge of the navigation bar is ragged and I like the way the ragged left-edge of the navigation buttons looks like next to the ragged right-edge of the text on the pages.  

Rules and guidelines are nice enough, but it's -- ok -- to think different.

--Emily Berk

At 07:36 AM 6/1/01 -0400, Jason K. Chapman wrote:
>..I went with right-side navigation on my personal site originally as an experiment, but have received a number of favorable comments on keeping the navigation next to the scrollbar.  As long as a site can squeeze down to 640 without a horizontal scroll, I think it makes it easier to use for the majority of people. ... Having said that, I should add that there's also a lot to be said for giving people what they expect.  Certain design elements have been in such common use that they've become thought of as standards, and ease-of-use issues often revolve around controls being where people expect them to be.

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