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- Should navigation menu be on left or right?
- Which navigation bar is better?
- Why is the navigation bar at the top?
- What does top navigation mean?
Should navigation menu be on left or right?
Right-handed users will perform faster with left justified menus. Internet experience will influence menu placement preference. Those with more experience on the Web will be more accustomed to seeing left-hand menus and will perform faster with left-hand justified menus.
Which navigation bar is better?
Top navigation
Works well when there are not too many navigation items. Consider using primary top navigation for small, medium, and large websites, e-commerce, and web applications that don't have a hierarchical structure.
Why is the navigation bar at the top?
The purpose of a navigation bar is to help your user browse through your website effortlessly. A navigation bar is usually placed at the top of your website. On a mobile phone, the navigation bar is usually placed on your website's top left and looks like a hamburger or, as typically referred to – a hamburger button.
What does top navigation mean?
If you don't have too many different navigational links, using top navigation means users will be able to see all of those options using a tablet in portrait view. If you use a left side navigation, users on a tablet in portrait view will probably find that the navigational links are hidden within a hamburger menu.
