Hi Jennifer, Here is my two cents... hopefully it helps. Usually a left or right or local nav, as i've seen it, supports your global nav, not replicates it. By having two navs that do the same thing you are just filling that page up with noise that disrupts the user. The global nav (which you have on top) should remain as constant as possible and the support nav could change depending on which main navigation you are in. Basically you make a selection with the global nav and you dive even deeper with a support nav.
Usually support navs are useful if you have a deep taxonomy that can't be surfaced in the global nav or if you have long (horizontal) taxonomy with many similar pieces of content that are on the same level. With these horizontal taxonomies you could use the support nav as a filter (sort of like a tag list idea). Good luck! Lis http://www.elisabethhubert.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41403 ________________________________________________________________ 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
