Organizing Links Into Columns, Saves Space
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Organizing Links Into Columns, Saves Space
Navigating large websites has always been a design problem. You could create a huge sitemap-like menu with links to every page, but it would become impossible to scan and grow increasingly large as more pages are added.
In general, designers choose either: a small simple menu that links to pages with additional navigation as you delve deeper (Sitepoint is a good example). These are easy to use and accessible, but multiple clicks can be required to reach the content you want. A dynamic drop-down or expanding menus that allow visitors to reach most pages no matter where they are. Whilst this provides quick navigation, accessibility can be poor and those without JavaScript might never see some pages*. (* CSS-only drop-downs are possible, but they do not offer mouse over/out latency or work in every browser … guess which one!)


