http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2008/04/17/tabs-for-navigation/ Resources for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2008/04/17/tabs-for-navigation/#comment-62117 Jonathan Rochkind Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:57:56 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/?p=733#comment-62117 The example you posted "Tab example from silver orange", seems about perfect to me. But I am a geek. The example you posted “Tab example from silver orange”, seems about perfect to me. But I am a geek.

]]> http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2008/04/17/tabs-for-navigation/#comment-62109 Karen Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:18:48 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/?p=733#comment-62109 Thanks for the ideas. I like the ideas of "breaking each link up with a vertical line between them" or "emphasize them with a box or a small icon". These approaches are simple and not too much overkill for the space, which is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the ideas. I like the ideas of “breaking each link up with a vertical line between them” or “emphasize them with a box or a small icon”. These approaches are simple and not too much overkill for the space, which is exactly what I was looking for.

]]> http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2008/04/17/tabs-for-navigation/#comment-62107 Kelley Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:57:34 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/?p=733#comment-62107 I don't know how much you can change things but I think to get people to more often realize that the tabs can be clicked on would be to either emphasize them with a box or a small icon, making them look more like buttons even when they're not. A good concept of this is http://elasticdigital.com/ , where the arrows let you know you can click even if the buttons are essentially the same color as the header. http://mintidea.ca/ also has a nice set of tabs that don't really look like tabs. Just breaking each link up with a vertical line between them might help too, making it look more like navigation which people are more used to looking for, like on this site http://www.exploresteamboat.com/marketplace/ . I don’t know how much you can change things but I think to get people to more often realize that the tabs can be clicked on would be to either emphasize them with a box or a small icon, making them look more like buttons even when they’re not. A good concept of this is http://elasticdigital.com/ , where the arrows let you know you can click even if the buttons are essentially the same color as the header. http://mintidea.ca/ also has a nice set of tabs that don’t really look like tabs. Just breaking each link up with a vertical line between them might help too, making it look more like navigation which people are more used to looking for, like on this site http://www.exploresteamboat.com/marketplace/ .

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