Smashing Magazine has a great, detailed article on "menus"

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/24/designing-drop-down-menus-examples-and-best-practices/


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Jakob Nielsen’s latest post has a nice piece on “Mega Drop-down Menus”.

Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well

    Summary:
    Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user's choices.

Here’s the article link:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html


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Last time, I was more poetic with my seed thought (What is it like working with the beast?).

Great conversation around that.

 

This time, the article that caught my eye is detailed and content heavy, but hey!

I placed a picture, for those who just like to look at the pictures.

 

Wanted/Needed: UX Design for Collaboration 2.0

No current software supports the full process of collaboration.

by Matthew C. Clarke

 

See you then!

 

 

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Nice use of sparklines for lab trends

http://synapsedirect.com/forums/post/3190.aspx




What if we could hover over sparkline and get the last 2-3 values? That would allow us to list ONLY the current value, and not the previous value. Then, the last few prior values are only a hover away...

Only the value, not the units, not the time of day, not the long hand name for the test, not the name of the person who drew the blood.....only the most useful kernel of information.

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