[Sigia-l] pull-down menus and intermediate pages

[Noreen Whysel]

One of my sites uses a javascript dropdown menu that has active links to the 
main category page as well as subcategory pages.  The client originally 
wanted the subcategory listing to appear when you clicked or rolled over on 
the main category (in other words no page specifically for the main 
category).  We changed this primarily for accessibility reasons (screen 
readers, javascript disabled browsers), but also, because it is an 
educational site, to give further detail what to expect on the subcategory 
pages.  The dropdown subcategory menu is activated when the mouse rolls over 
the main category.  If you click on the main category, it opens a page that 
describes the subcategories in detail with links to those pages.  Or you can 
click on a subcategory to go directly to that page.

Noreen

>From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf =
>Of
>Heather Hedden
>Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 3:06 AM
>To: SIGIA-L
>Subject: [Sigia-l] pull-down menus and intermediate pages
>
>Working on only a small website freelance, I designed a navigational
>structure of six menu items (in addition to Home), each of which has a
>drop-down menu leading to two to five sub-pages. Now the client wants
>intermediate pages for each section, even though there would be minimal
>content on these pages. But the client also wants to retain the =
>drop-down
>menus. I know that it is feasible, but is it reasonable for users? I had
>thought that users expect upon clicking on a menu item to either go to a
>page or get a drop-down menu, but not be able to get both, depending =
>upon
>where the mouse is unclicked.
>
>--Heather
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