Paul Sweatte

Nav Do’s:

• Use title attributes for links that are not underlined

• Bold or capitalize each letter of colored text that is not a link

• Use horizontal nav and subnav along with crumbtrail

• Have header background height large enough for both nav and subnav

• Only check cookies and call scripts on relevant pages so they don’t slow down every page

• Put images on a separate subdomain

• Place links to alternate views(printable,rss, mobile) in prominent positions near default links

• Highlight a link to switch back to older versions of an application by using a bold font style and centered header positioning or a simple rollover option which is displayed beneath the current link

Nav Dont’s

• Don’t use AJAX calls with a link mouseover event

• Don’t bold or italicize links

• Don’t underline any text that’s not a link

• No background images behind links to avoid IE CSS hover issues and framerate hit

• No separate background for nav menu

• No vertical main nav with horizontal subnav or horizontal main nav with vertical subnav

• No placement of important nav links only in the footer (wishlist, profile, privacy, logout, etc)