Global Site Navigation: Not Worthwhile?
An argument against global site navigation ...
Marjorie caught me. During my UI10 presentation, The Essence of Scent, I made an offhand comment about how global navigation is “unnecessary and rarely helpful.”
I thought I had gotten away with it. Apparently not. Today, Marjorie wrote:
"During your “The Essence of Scent” presentation on Thursday you said something to the effect that — global navigation is unnecessary and not very helpful. I found that surprising and wondered how people are to get around a site when they are several pages in? This has been an ongoing debate for our site — should we include the left hand global navigation on all pages and if not, when not?"
Global navigation (versus local navigation) is often static on the site (meaning that it doesn’t change from one page to the next). We know that most of the time, users come to the site with a specific goal in mind. Maybe they’ll click on the global navigation on the home page (however, probably not, if the page is well designed). Then they’ll never click on it again, because, after all, they are now looking for local information — not global information." continued ... (Via UIE Jared Spool)
Marjorie caught me. During my UI10 presentation, The Essence of Scent, I made an offhand comment about how global navigation is “unnecessary and rarely helpful.”
I thought I had gotten away with it. Apparently not. Today, Marjorie wrote:
"During your “The Essence of Scent” presentation on Thursday you said something to the effect that — global navigation is unnecessary and not very helpful. I found that surprising and wondered how people are to get around a site when they are several pages in? This has been an ongoing debate for our site — should we include the left hand global navigation on all pages and if not, when not?"
Global navigation (versus local navigation) is often static on the site (meaning that it doesn’t change from one page to the next). We know that most of the time, users come to the site with a specific goal in mind. Maybe they’ll click on the global navigation on the home page (however, probably not, if the page is well designed). Then they’ll never click on it again, because, after all, they are now looking for local information — not global information." continued ... (Via UIE Jared Spool)
Global Site Navigation.
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