Just to play the devils advocate, as I do like Jenifer's site.... "(her) site makes the navigation of the content more friendly (because of the left side nav bar)."
As both sites roughly follow the sequential format of a book, especially true with Jenifer's content, it could be argued that forcing a user to constantly scroll down for the later pages is something of a flaw with simple left/right nav. The 'Bad Designs' site allows a reader to flip though the content without forcing them to scroll down past the 'fold' everytime the want to move to the next page. I agree with both Matt & Jarod that always present Nav is a good thing. I think the underlying flaw is the way both sites interrupt the experience with fairly flat layout that doesnt necessarily require scrolling. Here's an example of what can be done when you think about content as you design the architecture, as opposed to building a navigation system and then hooking it to the content separately. http://htmlplayground.com http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes Either way, thanks for clarifying the flaws. Its always good to share insights. thanks, pauric ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
