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Definition · Supertopics: information-architecture, design-patterns · Subtopics: breadcrumbs, sitemaps (non-exhaustive) · “navigation” × ? · “navigation” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days (geo/css)152
css
How to Navigate Headings With NVDA Screen Reader (pop)151
videos, how-tos, headings, nvda, screen-readers, accessibility
Styling the Navigation: Declarative Route and Navigation Matching in CSS (bra)150
css, chrome, browsers
Tabbed Interfaces (web)149
design-patterns, keyboard-navigation, accessibility
A11y 101—3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (nat)148
introductions, accessibility, wcag, consistency
Multi-Level Navigation: The Challenge of Identifying Parent Sections for Screen Readers (ele)147
html, aria, screen-readers, accessibility
There’s No Need to Include “Navigation” in Your Navigation Labels (tem)146
accessibility, labels, html
Accessibility Considerations for Off-Site Navigation and Downloads145
accessibility
“aria-haspopup” Might Not Do What You Think It Does (mat)144
html, aria, attributes, accessibility
Does Your Navigation Need an ARIA Menu? Probably Not (pop)143
accessibility, aria, keyboard-navigation
Testing Methods: Consistent Navigation (dec)142
accessibility, testing, wcag, consistency
NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload With HTML and CSS (aar/per)141
html, disclosure-widgets, forms, modals, pop-overs, scrolling, positioning
A New Navigation Paradigm140
ai, design
Testing Methods: Location (dec)139
accessibility, testing, wcag
Testing Methods: Multiple Ways (dec)138
accessibility, wcag, testing, sitemaps, link-lists
Is It Time to Kill the Sidebar? (web)137
design, minimalism
Make Navigation Accessible With “aria-current” (a11)136
accessibility, aria, attributes
Why Sticky Navigation Can Undermine Accessibility135
accessibility
CSS “offset“ and “animation-composition” for Rotating Menus (pre/fro)134
css, animations
How Blind People Navigate the World, On- and Offline (lau)133
accessibility, screen-readers, nvda, jaws
Category and Tag Pages With Eleventy132
eleventy, pagination
20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (and How to Fix Them (web)131
design, myths
The Hidden Cost of Poor Navigation: How Information Architecture Directly Impacts Business Metrics (uxm)130
information-architecture, economics
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)129
css, javascript
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is It Recognizable? (nng)128
icons, design, usability
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)127
effects, javascript, css
Sticky Revealing Footer (bel/pic)126
css, positioning
Menu and Navigation: The Difference (stv)125
pagination, html, aria, accessibility
Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes (zor/css)124
css, mistakes, usability
Using ARIA Landmarks for Better Navigation123
keyboard-navigation, aria, accessibility
How Navigation Should Work for Keyboard Users (tem)122
keyboard-navigation, focus, accessibility
Breadcrumbs Are Dead in Web Design (web)121
design-patterns, breadcrumbs
There’s No Such Thing as “Menubar Navigation” (tem)120
accessibility, html
10 Common Web Development Mistakes to Avoid Right Now119
mistakes, mobile, performance, accessibility, seo, security, analytics, testing
12 Web Accessibility Tips to Make Your Site More User-Friendly118
accessibility, tips-and-tricks, contrast, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, captions, labels, skip-links, microcontent
Designing Accessible Website Navigation: Best Practices for Inclusive UX117
accessibility, design, user-experience
How to Set Up an Accessible Page Structure and Navigation (pop)116
how-tos, accessibility, html
How Effective UX Design Can Boost Business Success (uxm)115
user-experience, design, economics, user-conversion, mobile, performance
Tabs, Used Right (nng)114
design, design-patterns, usability
Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Click113
information-scent, links, usability
Building a Responsive Menu With CSS (and No JavaScript) (cor)112
responsive-design, css
Creating a Navbar in React111
react, css
How to Create a Sidebar Navigation With Astro, Tailwind CSS, and Alpine.js110
how-tos, functionality, astro, tailwind, alpinejs
Navbar Gallery109
websites, design-patterns, examples
LCP and FCP on Single Page Application on Soft Navigations (dws)108
performance, web-vitals, single-page-apps
Design Better Pagination107
design, pagination
Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide (nng)106
guides, design, usability
An Anchored Navbar Solution (mey)105
html, css
In-Page Links for Content Navigation (nng)104
links, usability
Experimenting With Measuring Soft Navigations (tun)103
performance, web-vitals, experiments, metrics
Information Architecture vs. Sitemaps: What’s the Difference? (nng)102
information-architecture, sitemaps, comparisons
Hover Triangles (may)101
history, hover
Accessible Navigation100
accessibility
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples99
design, history, trends, colors, typography
The Problem With Sticky Menus That Appear on Scroll and What to Do Instead (ada)98
scrolling, user-experience
Accessible Components: The Hamburger Menu97
accessibility, components
The Problem With Sticky Menus and What to Do Instead (ada)96
usability, user-experience
How to Make a CSS-Only Hamburger Menu95
how-tos, css
A Designers Guide to the Principles of Web Design94
guides, design, principles, consistency, legibility, images, hierarchy, whitespace, usability
Building Pagination in React With React Paginate93
react, pagination
How to Build Accessible Main Navigation? (iod)92
how-tos, accessibility
Accessible Hamburger Buttons Without JavaScript91
accessibility, javascript
Unordered Lists in Main Navigations (mat)90
html, lists, semantics
Designing the Perfect Mobile Navigation UX (vit/sma)89
mobile, user-experience
Audience-Based Website Navigation (nng)88
videos, usability
Building the Main Navigation for a Website (mat)87
html, css
Creating a CSS Only Interactive Site Menu86
css
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)85
design, naming, history, breadcrumbs
Hamburger Footer: Reaching the Bottom of Infinite Scroll (pro)84
scrolling, usability
Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation Menus83
design
Designing Better Breadcrumbs (vit/sma)82
html, usability, breadcrumbs
Designing a Better Infinite Scroll (vit/sma)81
scrolling, pagination
Alternatives to Pagination on Product-Listing Pages (nng)80
design-patterns, usability, pagination
The Importance of Screen Reader Software for Web Navigation79
accessibility, screen-readers
A Clever Sticky Footer Technique (chr/css)78
css, layout
Using CSS Shapes for Interesting User Controls and Navigation (pre/css)77
css, shapes
The Anatomy of a Web Page: 14 Basic Elements76
design-patterns, buttons, forms, multimedia, favicons, images, link-lists
How Apple Changed the Way We Navigate—Forever75
design, apple
9 Principles of Good Web Design74
design, principles, simplicity, content, layout, performance, mobile
Sticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them Better (nng)73
design, optimization
How to Use CSS Grid for Sticky Headers and Footers (ada/css)72
css, grids, layout
Three CSS Alternatives to JavaScript Navigation (css)71
css
Information and Information Architecture: The Big Picture (sma)70
information-architecture, content, user-experience
Footers Are Underrated69
videos, usability
The 3-Click Rule for Navigation Is False (nng)68
usability
The Elements of UI Engineering (dan)67
user-experience, consistency, performance, prioritization, accessibility, internationalization, resilience
How Do You Know Your Website Is a Success? (sma)66
product-management, strategies, metrics, user-experience, content, microcontent, performance, testing
Building Accessible Menu Systems (hey/sma)65
accessibility, html, aria
A Comprehensive Guide to Web Design (sma)64
guides, design, content, information-architecture, content-strategy, scrolling, forms, accessibility
UX: What Can We Prototype? What Can’t We Prototype?63
user-experience, prototyping, information-architecture, layout
Homepage Links Remain a Necessity (nng)62
homepages, links, breadcrumbs, conventions, usability
Accessible Breadcrumb Navigation Pattern (sco)61
accessibility, breadcrumbs, aria
Mobile First Is Not Mobile Only (nng)60
mobile, usability
Supporting Mobile Navigation in Spite of a Hamburger Menu (nng)59
mobile
Killing Off the Global Navigation: One Trend to Avoid (nng)58
trends
The Curious Case of Breadcrumbs in HTML (j9t)57
html, breadcrumbs
Responsive Navigation on Complex Websites (sma)56
responsive-design, complexity
A Look at the HTML5 “nav” Element55
html, semantics
5 HTML5 and ARIA Design Patterns (tin+)54
html, aria, design-patterns
Off Canvas Menu With CSS “:target” (chr/css)53
css, selectors
Exploration of Single-Page Websites (sma)52
design, landing-pages, examples
5 CSS Properties That Give Designers Fits51
css, design, floats, shadows, gradients, borders
CSS “:target” for Off-Screen Designs (css)50
css, selectors, transitions, mobile
Responsive Navigation Patterns (bra)49
design, responsive-design, design-patterns
Organizing Mobile (ali)48
mobile, content, usability
Does “<nav>” Belong in the “<header>” Element? (mat)47
html
Web Page Anatomy (jas)46
design-patterns
Website Navigation: Planning and Implementing (vit/sma)45
examples
Exploring Markup for Breadcrumbs (chr/css)44
html, breadcrumbs, semantics
Tips for Web Design That Crosses Cultures (css)43
localization, unicode, colors, seo, design
Semantic Navigation With the “nav” Element (tom/htm)42
html, semantics
Informative and Usable Footers in Web Design (sma)41
design, usability, link-lists
Navigation Markup After Content (chr/css)40
html, seo, skip-links
Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well (nng)39
usability, simplicity, accessibility
Site Map Usability (nng)38
sitemaps, information-architecture, usability, studies, research
Footers in Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas (sma)37
examples, design
Better Living Through Taxonomies (dig)36
information-architecture, information-design
Command Links (nng)35
links, buttons, usability
Breadcrumb Navigation Increasingly Useful (nng)34
breadcrumbs, design-patterns, usability
Is Left-Hand Navigation Evil?33
design
The Rules of Navigation (jes)32
CSS Navigation Magnification (dal/aja)31
css, hover
Using Breadcrumbs as a Navigational Aid30
breadcrumbs, usability
Value of Breadcrumbs (jms)29
breadcrumbs
Navigation—Our Visitors’ Travel Guide28
information-architecture, usability, concepts
Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website27
flash, performance, images, compression, link-rot, html, conformance, browsers, support, readability, quality
16 Things That Really Annoy Most Web Users26
web, metrics, user-experience, pop-ups, performance, link-rot, content, search, design
Inline Mini Tabs25
html, css
Spruced-Up Site Maps (ali)24
html, sitemaps
Creating Indented Navigation Lists23
lists, html, css
What Should Drive Site Organization and Design: Consistency or Flow?22
information-design, information-architecture, consistency, design
Big, Stark, and Chunky (ali)21
accessibility, zooming, screen-magnification, examples, design, layout
Turning a List Into a Navigation Bar20
html, css, lists
Dynamic Elements—Cloak and Dagger Web Design (cod)19
hiding, tooltips, design-patterns, link-lists
Dynamically Conjuring Drop-Down Navigation (cod/ali)18
html, javascript
Orient Visitors With “You Are Here” Button Styling17
usability, buttons, css
Navigation—Text vs. Images16
images
Interface Design Issues: The Myth of Navigation15
design, myths, examples
The Page Paradigm14
user-experience, usability
An Interesting Navigation Idea13
design
Keeping Navigation Current With PHP (ali)12
php
Structure Your Menus by Marking Them Up as Lists11
html
Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers (sim)10
xhtml, images, effects, hover, accessibility
Rounding Tab Corners (mey)9
html, css, techniques
“Pure CSS Pulldowns” and Accessibility8
css, accessibility
CSS Tabs With Submenus7
css, lists
Build a Dynamic Menu in JavaScript6
javascript
Browsers Go Back to the Future (joh/nat)5
browsers
Side Navigation With PHP (zen)4
php, functionality, arrays
Content as Navigation Tool (tel/dig)3
content
When Web Pages Don’t Work2
user-experience, performance, graceful-degradation, usability, design, testing
Is Navigation Useful? (nng)1
usability