[Sigia-l] Isn't that horse dead yet? (was: "meta-"navigation and before that: global navigation meta navigation)

[Todd Warfel]

On Jun 6, 2005, at 2:37 AM, Eric Scheid wrote:

> I've been avoiding casting the geography into the definition for  
> the same
> reason it would be foolish to say that Global Navigation is  
> *always* found
> at the top of the page, or even perhaps allowing for the exception of
> finding the Global Navigation on the *left* hand side.

Well, yes and no. We've found that these items (we call them utility  
navigation) are often looked for in the top right corner. Most likely  
due to traction, what they're used to, but we've found that items  
like "Help" get more attention, or are more easily located, when it's  
located in the top right corner of the screen than when it's lumped  
in with the regular navigation.

Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
Design & Usability Specialist
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