What is the Web 2.0 way of doing menus? Any suggestions?

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Hi,

My rails single click menu options in my header are running out of room.

What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing number of menu links? What’s the most popular Rails way of having drop down menus? Or is this now not the way to handle menus in which case what’s the most popular approach?

Cheers

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        Hi,                   My rails single click menu options in my header are running         out of room.
                  What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing         number of menu links? What's the most popular Rails way of         having drop down menus? Or is this now not the way to handle         menus in which case what's the most popular approach?

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good point - I guess I was wondering (being a hobbyist programmer) whether Rails (say with in prototype or scriptaculus) had a web 2.0 way to do menus?

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There are many ways to generate menus in rails using HTML and CSS. So there is no set way. However, if you want to see an example, go to: www.learningrails.com They are hosting a long running tutorial for creating a rails application and show a way to create menus. Mind you, this is one of the many way. Rails itself does not favor one over the other. Hope this helps. Bharat

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There really is no "Web 2.0" way of doing any one thing. Web 2.0 philosophy (if there even is such a thing) would probably tell you make your navigation as clear and simple as possible. For example, you mention that the navigation you already have is growing too long. It might be time to reevaluation the needs and purpose of the entire navigation itself, and not just figure out the best way to cram more options into a small space.

It sounds like a Information Architecture and/or UI design problem more than anything else.

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Bryan M. wrote:

There really is no "Web 2.0" way of doing any one thing. Web 2.0 philosophy (if there even is such a thing) would probably tell you make your navigation as clear and simple as possible. For example, you mention that the navigation you already have is growing too long. It might be time to reevaluation the needs and purpose of the entire navigation itself, and not just figure out the best way to cram more options into a small space.

It sounds like a Information Architecture and/or UI design problem more than anything else.

In other words, the Web 2.0 way to do drop down menus is: Don't :slight_smile: