[Sigia-l] scrolling navigation

[Tim Beadle]

On 18/07/07, Eddy Kindermans <eddy.kindermans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a customer who would like to see the (left) navigation scroll down
> with the page as you scroll down the page.

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I'm reposting to the list instead of just to Eddy, even though I
missed the point of what Eddy was after. Why is there no reply-to
header in Sigia-l messages that send replies to the list by default?
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Like this?
http://www.w3.org/QA/Library/

(on the right, not the left, but it's the general principle)

> Does anybody have some good usability arguments to change his mind?

I think it's a useful technique, and hasn't been done more because of
IE's lack of support for position: fixed in CSS (before IE7 came
along, anyway). It's what used to be done with frames, before their
shortcomings became apparent.

One caveat I can think of is that you need to make sure that the
navigation's overflow is visible when the menu is taller than the
browser viewport.

Regards,

Tim