Hi Tom, I've used and am presently using this style of navigation, (or an equivalent where first level runs down left side).
I believe your question is, "what persists in the body area given navigation selections", (is this correct?). If this is your question, generally if you choose a menu item that is "terminal" (meaning there is only one screen directly related to that menu item, (albeit this screen could have tabs/be a wizard etc)), that screen will refresh and persist in the body area until an other "terminal" menu item has been selected. In this case it is simpler to consider screens and navigation to these screens. "N" level navigation is simply an organizational concept to get to individual screens/functionality. Thus a screen will persist in the body area until another screen has been chosen, regardless if the navigation to the screen is in top nav, or left nav. Rich On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Tom Halsør <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > What is not clearly stated in the Uidesign paper is that if you select a > topic in the left hand menu it "sticks" to that choice until you make > another choice in the left hand menu. Same goes for top menu. > > So choosing a subject in the left menu and then clicking a infotype in the > top menu. It will display that subject in selected info type(top menu). > Selecting another infotype in the top menu, the subject will stick and it > will show the same subject just in another info type. (and the same, the > other way around) > > This closely resembles a conventional menu system, and that is why I'm in > great doubt about this solution. > > The site in question is a huge statistical information site. > It targets everybody* (I know, i know, but it's a governmental site, and > has > to do so by law)* > It will have 25 choices down the left hand side menu and 7 across the top > menu (25x7 menu items) > > I am put to the task of evaluating this solution and are looking for some > comments. > > Have anybody seen successful implementation of this type of pattern? > Please; any comments is wellcome. > > Cheers > :)tom > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
