In my experience, there are more disadvantages than advantages to using drop down menus for navigational purposes for several reasons. Here are a few:
1) The user cannot passively scan content before making a selection. This puts the burden on the user to take an action first. 2) Anything longer than 5 items in a list are too much for a drop down menu. It gets very tricky to physically pick an item and you can run into usability issues. Especially if the menu overlaps with other form elements on a page. 3) Faceted/filtered search is usually a better choice because the user can quickly scan and make a selection without making an investment with mouse movement first. 4) Its also better for SEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32933 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
