Comments on: UnFundaMental: Left, Right, Top, Bottom? Consider the context for navigation

By: David McGuire

David McGuire — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:08:25 +0000

Googled into this site while searching for the “rules” on top / LHS / RHS navigation. Glad I found you first. Great Blog – I’ll be back!

By: leisa.reichelt

leisa.reichelt — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:29:52 +0000

Hey AdolphousC.

Can you ask your boss to show us a few examples of other sites that have done this? I don’t remember ever seeing it… probably because it would make a site horrendously unreadable!

I know I’ve seen some research around re: line length and looking at LHS aligned vs. justified… I’m not sure that anyone has even bothered to research RHS aligned text, because it’s so incredibly unconventional.

There are *plenty* of good examples of sites with LHS advertising that maintains LHS aligned text.

I’d be really recommending that you stick with the conventional approach on this one!

Anyone else got some thoughts?

By: AdolphousC

AdolphousC — Tue, 09 May 2006 11:55:01 +0000

I have been scouring the web and I have seen lots of talk about right hand versus left hand navigation. Personally, I enjoy the variety and I have a hard time thinking anyone who has ever used the internet can’t figure it out.

However, here is the question that we can probably have a free for all discussion on. I am workinig on a website and my Boss is bound and determined to make the CONTENT right hand justified, leaving the first 250 pixels on the LEFT side of the page open for advertising.

I would like to ask the opinion of your UnFundMental blog what they think of a right hand justified site. Also, are there any tips that you think would help it work.

Thanks, AdolphousC

By: leisa.reichelt

leisa.reichelt — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:49:50 +0000

there sure is :)

By: Ric

Ric — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:31:58 +0000

So maybe there’s some science in my decision to put my WinXP taskbar as an ‘autohide’ on the right edge of thescreen? – it’s not JUST because I’m a misfit …