Comparison and Evaluation

DHTML- DHTML home page usually with fixed nav on secondary pages

Good examples

  • Johns Hopkins -dhtml home page nav becomes fixed global side nav...holds up well in secondary pages
  • University of Maryland -dhtml drop downs site wide for global nav...consistent template...breaks down because the pages you click into have no sub-head to tell you where you clicked into, or it is hidden and undifferentiated

Don't work well

  • Yale -cumbersome link srutcture on secondary pages...uses alot of real estate...choice heavy.
  • Penn State -too many link selections on the home page in the DHTML ...no consistency on the secondary pages.
  • University of Texas -nice template but navigation breaks down on secondary pages quickly
  • Stanford -consistent global nav but the secondary links in the DHTML nav on the home page disappear on the secondary pages...no strong 'on' page indicators...could benefit from breadcrumbs
  • University of Georgia -needs to loose the DHTML

FIXED GLOBAL

Good Examples

  • University of South Carolina -good content strategy...global nav holds up well on the index pages...needs global nav on secondary pages
  • University of Pennsylvania -global nav works well...breaks down in some secondary pages (maps)...looses consistency on parent-child groupings
  • New York University -not a bad attempt...hold up for some secondary pages...breaks down on others
  • Georgetown -good start...needs better content organization...especially for parent-child groups...needs greater template penetration
  • Dartmouth -needs greater differentiation between content types (GUI)...uses icons for global nav and maintains parent-child groupings
  • UCLA -OK but very link heavy...not enough content.
  • McGill University -OK except nav changes on the secondary pages...disruptive...also link heavy

Don't work well