First of all awesome site design very clean and user friendly
very nice to scan. Good choice on the Blog layout sor this site.
Scanning is what you almost certainly do when you look at a
web page.
Instead of starting at the top and reading downwards, most
people have learnt that they get better results by scanning over the page,
looking for certain clues.
Once we accept that people are going to scan instead of
reading, we have to ask what they're scanning for in your case articles. Comlete
future lates article in a menu option.
Principles for good navigation design is to let me know
where I am at all times clearly differentiate hyperlinks from content. For example
based in skimming I miss the links if I don’t hover offer them on your front
page:
- Let me
know clearly where I can go from here
- Let me
see where I've already been
- Make
it obvious what to do to get somewhere
- Indicate
what clicking a link will do
Let me know where I am at all times is part of navigation
(how can you navigate somewhere if you don't know where you're starting from).
Clear signposting is always important, to let people know where in the site
they are, down to the page level (particularly when you consider that someone
could be entering via an unusual link or search engine result).
Clearly differentiate hyperlinks from content, when
navigation is apart from content, differentiate through complete physically separation,
grouping and/or style from content.
Let me know clearly where I can go from here, it must be
obvious at a glance where I can go from here. That means that hyperlinks must
be clearly distinguishable from content. Have a consitent manu at all times.
Make it obvious what to do to get somewhere, once a user
knows where they can go, they need to know how to get there. It should be clear
to tell what is navigation from what isn't, without any thought at all. Your ”Return
To The InterPress Magazine Index Page” Menu link maybe should say plain and
simple Home. It put me in a spin for a second.
You are very consistence with your layout with glitches here
and there you may double check. Like your sharp edge to the left in you menu is
very nice bud then you got the “Return To The InterPress Magazine Index Page” centered.
Based on that have you tried to see how the site my feel if you would “Justify”
the paragraphs instead “Align Left”?
Some thing to thing about.
Where should you put navigation?
Note: If you have to label your navigation
"Navigation", you've failed to make navigation clear enough.
Depends on the type of navigation. The golden rules are:
- put
the most useful navigation where it's closest to hand
- put
navigation where the user is likely to look for it
Most people are right-handed, and the commonly-used vertical
scrollbar sits on the right side of the screen. This means that most of us tend
to leave the mouse pointer over on the right-hand side of the screen when
'idle'. So, when you've got vertically-oriented nav, putting it on the right
has its benefits. That’s why I like like your choice of layout for your site.
On your design and layout:
- Good recognition
- Good descriptiveness
- Good presence
Best wishes,
Petar Novakovic
http://www.e409.com