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<blockquote data-quote="Keith" data-source="post: 747479" data-attributes="member: 10752">Hello,I have found that most people seem to prefer drop down menus once they are implemented.&nbsp; If I was intending to maintain the existing navigation of a site as well, I wouldn’t even ask users if they minded drop downs being added; I think it is really nice that ENWorld is showing so much concern for user preferences.One thing I would say about having two types of navigation on one site, though: maintaining optimum functionality of both may become a problem.&nbsp; Eventually, the navigation system will have an impact on how and where materials are added to the site.&nbsp; If it is true that the ENWorld is increasing in size and, more importantly, depth, quickly enough that drop downs seem required as a solution, there is some chance that maintaining a non-drop down system once the site starts taking advantage of the flexibility provided by the drop down navigation may prove difficult.To maintain both, I suspect you might end up with a lot of corridor pages linked off the non-drop down navigation, pages that would be redundant if included in the drop downs, for example.&nbsp; So, possibly a fair amount of extra fussing with navigation, basically. Maybe not, though.&nbsp; I don’t know that much about the site.&nbsp; Just a thought.&nbsp; Depending on the audience of the site, I would be concerned about the browser compatibility if I thought that the two types of navigation might not coexist forever.&nbsp; It does not seem like that would be a huge issue for ENWorld, however.The nav. itself is nice.&nbsp; Legible and functional.&nbsp; It is unfortunate when people lose sight of those criteria in efforts to make something flashy.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keith, post: 747479, member: 10752"] Hello, I have found that most people seem to prefer drop down menus once they are implemented. If I was intending to maintain the existing navigation of a site as well, I wouldn’t even ask users if they minded drop downs being added; I think it is really nice that ENWorld is showing so much concern for user preferences. One thing I would say about having two types of navigation on one site, though: maintaining optimum functionality of both may become a problem. Eventually, the navigation system will have an impact on how and where materials are added to the site. If it is true that the ENWorld is increasing in size and, more importantly, depth, quickly enough that drop downs seem required as a solution, there is some chance that maintaining a non-drop down system once the site starts taking advantage of the flexibility provided by the drop down navigation may prove difficult. To maintain both, I suspect you might end up with a lot of corridor pages linked off the non-drop down navigation, pages that would be redundant if included in the drop downs, for example. So, possibly a fair amount of extra fussing with navigation, basically. Maybe not, though. I don’t know that much about the site. Just a thought. Depending on the audience of the site, I would be concerned about the browser compatibility if I thought that the two types of navigation might not coexist forever. It does not seem like that would be a huge issue for ENWorld, however. The nav. itself is nice. Legible and functional. It is unfortunate when people lose sight of those criteria in efforts to make something flashy. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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