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Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples

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2. Mac-style still popular?

One can discuss if the Mac-style is the survivor of the Web 2.0 design attack or it becomes a standalone design element used independently from glossy colorful buttons with 3D-effects. Or maybe it’s just a temporary trends toward grunge style — nobody knows, really.

In any case over the last months a number of web-sites integrated Mac-styled-navigation in their web-sites. What’s interesting is that the style is used not only on Apple-related sites, but also on web-sites which aren’t directly related to Mac. Particularly when it comes to design of software products traditional Mac-style is often imitated. Reason: it is visually appealing and looks cool.

A navigation bar doesn’t need to look exactly like a typical Mac-style-navigation. Variations are also possible.

“Green” version of the traditional Mac-style menu

Since navigation bars can’t exist alone and need to be supported by the overall design, colorful one-page-sites with happy talk and overused stock photos designers are being replaced with more decent, serious and calm layouts. And that’s a good thing. However, when using the Mac-style please keep in mind that it shouldn’t be used for the sake of it but has to fit to the overall design.

3. Visually appealing icons are used more often

To communicate navigation options in a more effective way, designers often make use of appealing icons. In such cases it’s important to make sure that the icon is easily recognizable, clearly conveys the message, corresponds to the link it stands for and isn’t too small. Attractive icons are, of course, always preferred to the boring ones.