> There's a general perception that users *want* global navigation, but > if you spend any time watching folks on sites, you quickly realize > they are *only* interested in local navigation -- how do I get from > *here* to *where I want to be*?
> So, any effort to add global nav to a page is a senseless waste of pixels. Jared, typically when I read your postings, I find myself nodding my head a lot in agreement. Not so this time. Am I misunderstanding what you mean by global nav? Research conducted at a now-defunct company I worked for in the dot com days (Immersant) showed many users commenting positively on seeing the full extent of the navigation - both global and local. Users appreciated gaining a sense of the scope from the global navigation, and, if it's comprehensive, engenders trust. I wonder if that's changed in the past 8 years. But even if it has, IMO the existence of the global nav still plays a critical role in enabling the user to navigate from "here" to "where I want to be" reliably and with confidence. Paul Eisen Principal User Experience Architect tandemseven ________________________________________________________________ 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
