I've been experimenting with an expanding / contracting right hand navigation structure on a project... with the capacity to have to children (shown here).
I'm expecting a little push back from y'all... feedback is welcome, good or bad.
I don't really get the nesting. Seems like the right menu is coming from inside that one icon that's highlighted, but it's ambiguous and a bit confusing because it says android with an iphone icon next to it.. But maybe it makes more sense in the context of actually interacting with it
Although this moment looks fantastic, I can imagine a disconnect in the hierarchy.
If i understand this correctly, you have the darkest area fixed to the right, you open it up and it reveals lighter areas which are now the right most items. In this interaction you are losing your visual weight on the right side. It may feel off because the heaviest visual element is also the one with the most motion as it will be sliding the greatest distance.
Also, for me I think it would make more sense to put the arrow on the dark area as that is the anchor/handle for this drawer.
Maybe just flip some of the colors around?
I could have also completely misunderstood this interaction :)
@Anand Sharma@Henry Modisett -- Great feedback guys, thank you. I'm still playing with it, but the children shown here slide in from the right, contracting the left hand main nav titles leaving only the icons..... scary, I know :) The main nav (to the left) is all clicks (no hovers) to get to a list of their children....
I really agree with @Anand Sharma, the labeling of the category with an iPhone icon and then nested inside is "For Android" as an option seems a bit strange. I don't know what the solution could be except to use a more generic smart phone icon so that it covers all the bases.
You're probably sick of looking at this by now I'm sure... but I'm polishing this up some. May end up having the secondary nav cover up the main nav to avoid any confusion. I think animation could probably solve it... but either way... yea...
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Rally Interactive (via Ben...
I've been experimenting with an expanding / contracting right hand navigation structure on a project... with the capacity to have to children (shown here).
I'm expecting a little push back from y'all... feedback is welcome, good or bad.
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8 months ago
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Kartik Mahant
Stunner.
8 months ago
I don't really get the nesting. Seems like the right menu is coming from inside that one icon that's highlighted, but it's ambiguous and a bit confusing because it says android with an iphone icon next to it.. But maybe it makes more sense in the context of actually interacting with it
8 months ago
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Henry Modisett
Although this moment looks fantastic, I can imagine a disconnect in the hierarchy.
If i understand this correctly, you have the darkest area fixed to the right, you open it up and it reveals lighter areas which are now the right most items. In this interaction you are losing your visual weight on the right side. It may feel off because the heaviest visual element is also the one with the most motion as it will be sliding the greatest distance.
Also, for me I think it would make more sense to put the arrow on the dark area as that is the anchor/handle for this drawer.
Maybe just flip some of the colors around?
I could have also completely misunderstood this interaction :)
8 months ago
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Naoshad
Nice mate.
8 months ago
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Rally Interactive (via Ben...
@Anand Sharma @Henry Modisett -- Great feedback guys, thank you. I'm still playing with it, but the children shown here slide in from the right, contracting the left hand main nav titles leaving only the icons..... scary, I know :) The main nav (to the left) is all clicks (no hovers) to get to a list of their children....
8 months ago
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Leigh Hibell
Nice! Looks pretty straight forward to me.
8 months ago
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Mark Law
Cool. Like the UI
8 months ago
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Maarten Hoogvliet
what font do you use here? :)
8 months ago
I really agree with @Anand Sharma, the labeling of the category with an iPhone icon and then nested inside is "For Android" as an option seems a bit strange. I don't know what the solution could be except to use a more generic smart phone icon so that it covers all the bases.
8 months ago
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Michelle Casanova
Love this!
8 months ago
Dig it.
8 months ago
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Corey Michaud
Clean.
8 months ago
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Jonathan Bowden
tablet? desktop? responsive?
8 months ago
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Rally Interactive (via Ben...
@Jonathan Bowden yup, desktop / tablet / responsive-ish... :)
8 months ago
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Secondary Child Nav refinements
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You're probably sick of looking at this by now I'm sure... but I'm polishing this up some. May end up having the secondary nav cover up the main nav to avoid any confusion. I think animation could probably solve it... but either way... yea...
8 months ago