[Sigia-l] Rollover Navigation Submenus: Usable or not?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Benjamin Kahn
>  
> Browsing around, I've found one flyout navigation menu that uses the
> Windows style of submenu delays:  http://www.opencube.com/  Why don't
> more web pages use this simple (and common) idea?

That site's submenus do not have delay.


> Do these changes simply not fit in with the rest of the web page
> interaction?  Is it simply too hard to implement at the moment?  Is it
> just the way everyone else is doing it?

It is a tradeoff between convenience and robustness. Flyout is more
convenient to the users than click-triggered submenu. But it requires
an L-like movement to work reliably, especially with a long vertical
flyout triggered by a vertical menu bar. Long vertical flyout is less
problematic when triggered by a horizontal menu bar.


Boniface