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Nifty AJAX navigation tool

Posted by Keith Tan in Creative on October 3rd, 2008

Mashable’s one of my favourite blogs and like Facebook, they’ve recently had a facelift. Besides having a lot more “white” space and switching from a 3 to 2 column layout, they’ve introduced a pretty nifty way of navigation at the top of their pages.

The ribbon displays news articles with thumbnails and titles horizontally. Articles are grouped in tabs, based on either popularity or selected categories. A neat feature is the ability for users to hide the ribbon as well.  I personally found this form of navigation quite useful and effective. Of course, too much AJAX on a webpage can sometimes be an overkill, but in this instance, I think it works for them.  What do you think?

Keith Tan | Creative | 38 comments