Exploit what hypertext is...

A non-linear linking of information and resources which enables the user to move at will from one piece of information to the another, following a train of thought.

Navigational options

• Consider expanding browser navigation via...
  • internal document links (#anchornames)
  • links to main pages of the Web site
  • frames with navigational bars or menus
  • graphical navigational bars consistently placed throughout the Web site
  • textual navigational menus consistently placed...
  • imagemaps, but only if appropriate
    • example: unofficial UIC campus maps
  • intuitive iconic interfaces
• Use JavaScript to enhance frame navigation
• Organize your text & plan your links
• Break information into a handful of categories
• Use conventional link colors:
  • Not Visited     
  • Visited
• Use conservative buttons

An example of a totally useless button: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/button.htm

• Consider providing a site map
  example:
  • http://www.adobe.com
  • http://www.adobe.com/misc/sitemap.html
    
• Provide visual cues

Try to remember what these buttons mean: http://www.symantec.com http://www.iomega.com/support/software/index.html http://www.LEGO.com/