myrrh
msg:3954602 | 8:16 pm on Jul 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I thought I'd bring this to the top again and hope for some helpful responses. Perhaps this is not the most appropriate forum?
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whoisgregg
msg:3955900 | 5:00 pm on Jul 20, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hi myrrh! I'm sure that the good folks in the Accessibility and Usability forum can do a good job of addressing this matter. :) We tend to stay focused on technical concerns in the Javascript forum. ;) Personally, I think that some particularly complex sites can do well with multi-tier navigation. The main concern to me is making sure that javascript-disabled users (and therefore search engine spiders) can still find the navigation elements.
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phranque
msg:3956205 | 2:26 am on Jul 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
also note that "horizontal" dropdown/flyout menus can be extremely difficult and frustrating to use, even by an "able" user because of the narrow band in which to move the mouse.
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myrrh
msg:3956804 | 8:07 pm on Jul 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
| The main concern to me is making sure that javascript-disabled users (and therefore search engine spiders) can still find the navigation elements. |
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Is it possible that even though the nav menu is done with JS that the SE spiders can follow the links? If I View > Source, I can see the URLs not embedded in any script. They are in an <ol>.
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mattur
msg:3956814 | 8:30 pm on Jul 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I think there's a big decrease in ease of use going from one-level hover navigation to two-level hover navigation. Its really annoying when the menu disappears because you moved your mouse diagonally over a bit of page that isn't in the menu. Perhaps go with a Mega Drop-down menu [useit.com] instead?
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whoisgregg
msg:3957276 | 12:51 pm on Jul 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
| the URLs not embedded in any script. They are in an <ol>. |
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Then you should be good. Some (particularly older) javascripts for multi-level dropdowns store URL data in javascript arrays instead of HTML markup. That's the thing to look out for.
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