Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/10/07 22:54

Bergamot wrote:

> Another problem with these kinds of menus in general is that they
> require very good coordination with the mouse. My experience is usually
> the submenu I'm trying to get to disappears before I reach it because
> the cursor wavers off the path on the way to a particular item.
>
> I tend to curse the rotten things and can't fathom why they seem to be
> so popular. :(
>

Because they can handle a site's large hierarchal links without taking
up a lot of real estate. Horizontal with drop down submenus are a bit
easier to navigate with a shaky hand but are more limited in the number
of base links that can fit across the average screen.

You can use the old time method of only having the adjacent page links
with maybe a "home" link on the page. But it is not very convenient
forcing the visitor to "wander the Oregon trail" to navigate your site!

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Take care,

Jonathan
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