2 Column Layouts: Left or Right Menu Preference
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2 Column Layouts: Left or Right Menu Preference
When you browse web sites, and the web site has a 2 column layout, do you prefer the menu to be on the left or right side? Any reasons why?
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The right column nav is nice if and ONLY IF you have large margins/paddings on each side of the body element. Wordpress, moveable type, etc are good examples. However users have become extremely accustomed to left-side navbars. But remember, if it looks good to you... it probably looks good to someone else.
Hi astions,
Most of the sites I have visted, or do visit... the menus on the left.
Of course, you dont have to follow the trend.... you can set your own
I liked Jenk's idea.... let the user define which side he/she wants the menu to appear (if the user is a member) via means of javascript/cookies or by storing the preference in the database and pulling it out everytime on login.
-Matt
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I casted my vote as "no preference" by the way.
Most of the sites I have visted, or do visit... the menus on the left.
Of course, you dont have to follow the trend.... you can set your own
I liked Jenk's idea.... let the user define which side he/she wants the menu to appear (if the user is a member) via means of javascript/cookies or by storing the preference in the database and pulling it out everytime on login.
-Matt
EDIT:
I casted my vote as "no preference" by the way.
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It's nothing to do with 'wanting to be outside the box' at all. When I'm reading a block of text or such like, I always find my mouse pointer ends up to the right of my screen when I move it out of the way, again this is because I operate the mouse with my right hand (I specifially haven't said right handed because I am actually left handed. It's fantastic when jotting notes, can use mouse and pen at same time
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It's also easier on the arm given vertical scroll bars are always on the right, so requires even less effort to read text from a screen
It's also easier on the arm given vertical scroll bars are always on the right, so requires even less effort to read text from a screen