Comments on: Being careful with fly-out menus http://www.goodusability.co.uk/2008/10/being-careful-with-fly-out-menus/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: rob http://www.goodusability.co.uk/2008/10/being-careful-with-fly-out-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-163 rob Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:09:36 +0000 http://www.goodusability.co.uk/?p=214#comment-163 Also worth bearing in mind any SEO issues presented by fly-outs; if navigational links are hidden in JavaScript this can become an indexing issue. Also if you have a ton of content in your fly-out top level navigation represented in the HTML above the unique page content this may affect each page's ranking potential. Also worth bearing in mind any SEO issues presented by fly-outs; if navigational links are hidden in JavaScript this can become an indexing issue. Also if you have a ton of content in your fly-out top level navigation represented in the HTML above the unique page content this may affect each page’s ranking potential.

]]> By: Dmitry http://www.goodusability.co.uk/2008/10/being-careful-with-fly-out-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Dmitry Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:58:08 +0000 http://www.goodusability.co.uk/?p=214#comment-57 I think that fly-out menus are the work of the devil ;) What I find most annoying is when you're looking around a page and find a link you want -- which is located somewhere under a navigation menu. So you move the mouse and and overshoot slightly, hovering over the menu. Out goes the menu, obstructing all access to the link you wanted. Now you have to move to the side (preferably left as sub menus may open up on the right!), wait for it to close, and then try to get your link. I don't think you should have to fight an interface to get to where you want ;) I think that fly-out menus are the work of the devil ;)

What I find most annoying is when you’re looking around a page and find a link you want — which is located somewhere under a navigation menu. So you move the mouse and and overshoot slightly, hovering over the menu. Out goes the menu, obstructing all access to the link you wanted. Now you have to move to the side (preferably left as sub menus may open up on the right!), wait for it to close, and then try to get your link. I don’t think you should have to fight an interface to get to where you want ;)

]]> By: Ali Demir http://www.goodusability.co.uk/2008/10/being-careful-with-fly-out-menus/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Ali Demir Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:04:20 +0000 http://www.goodusability.co.uk/?p=214#comment-47 Very nice point you figured out. Most of the menus around there pay no attention to these. Very nice point you figured out. Most of the menus around there pay no attention to these.

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