Showcase Of Modern Navigation Design Trends

25 Examples of Creative Navigation In addition to being one of the most significant influences on the usability of a site, navigation menus also allow designers an opportunity to get creative and add some interesting and attractive visual elements to a site. Of course, in some cases the creativity can hinder the usability of the site, but in many cases appearance and functionality can work together. I have compiled a collection of 25 sites that use navigation more creatively than just the standard menu. These sites have been chosen based upon their appearance and there may be some that are not up to par on usability. The idea is to get your creativity flowing, but remember the importance of usability and accessibility when creating your own navigation. Looking for hosting?

Maps In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Examples - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Geo-location was a hot topic in 2009. With so many applications on GPS-enabled smartphones, more maps than ever were accessible to the average person. The Fundamentals Of Online Maps When most people think of maps on the Internet, Google, MapQuest and TomTom might come to mind. This isn’t a lesson in cartography, but understanding the purposes that maps can serve in modern Web design is important. Navigation and directions,Show relationships and trends geographically,Show points of interest. Interactive Maps The expansion of Web technology over the past decade has opened a number of doors to presenting data online. Interactive maps on the Internet present data most effectively when they invite action from the user. Panning and zooming are fundamental to the interactive map. No Legend Required On traditional print maps, the legend serves as a translator for the symbols used. Clicking a dot brings up a contextual window. Legends are still needed in certain cases. Drill-Down Zoom

50 Creative Websites With Highly Unusual Navigation Navigation plays a crucial role in the success or failure of any website. An easy to navigate website is more likely to be explored in more detail as compared to a website with more complex navigation. Regardless of the functionality of the website, the navigation is the first thing that must be taken care of. Accomplishing matchless navigation that successfully performs its function is almost similar to mounting Mt. At this time, we have selected some websites with marvelous and distinctive navigational elements that will not only enthuse you, but will demonstrate to you how to merge novelty with realism. 1. On this website, you may feel that the website does not have any content but once you explore its navigation, you will love to browse this website more than anything. 2. Here you will see the navigation menu hanging in the air. 3. Here the navigation may appear minimal and negligible but once you keep your mouse on the option it shows you the complete list of all available choices.

Beautiful Motion Graphics Created With Programming: Showcase, Tools and Tutorials - Smashing Magazine Advertisement When you hear the word “creative”, what type of profession comes to mind? Maybe a graphic designer, painter, sculptor, illustrator, or writer? We often turn to programmers to solve mathematical-related problems, but the concept of mathematics in programming is what powers programmers to innovate. Beautiful Motion Graphics Created with Programming First we’ll look at some examples of beautiful and inspiring motion graphics created by programmers. Metamorphosis by Glenn Marshall Swan Lake – Zeno Music Visualiser by Glenn Marshall Black Hole by 360angles Flightpattern by Gwen Vanhee These beautiful motion graphics were created using ActionScript. Disco Maths 1 by Stefan Goodchild Magnetic Sphere by flight404 Air Doom by Rui Madeira Audio Reactive Bubbles by Matthias Dörfelt. Visualization in 7/4 by Eamae Mirkin Music Is Math by Glenn Marshall Audio-generated landscape by flight404 okdeluxe XMAS card 2008 by okdeluxe Solar, with lyrics. by flight404 Bubbletrouble_2 by Leander Herzog NodeBox

OpenSim 18 free UI elements packs for your web designs and apps Looking to make your web design process faster? These sets of PSD and vectors of UI elements should help you. 1. jQuery UI widgets jQuery must be the most popular javascript framework out there, this set of UI widget will make the development process much quicker. 2. A well-organized PSD, with vector layers you can edit to blend perfectly in your web design or application. 3. A set of clean UI and buttons in three different styles with over seven colors. 4. A PSD file containing UI elements to help speed the customization of your mobile web application designs. 5. iPhone GUI PSD Looking to design for the iPhone? 6. Another one for the iPhone, a cool set of icons for the iPhone toolbar. 7. iPhone UI Vector Elements Another UI set for the iPhone, in vector format this time. 8. Because not everybody had an iPhone, the UI elements kit for Android could reveal itself quite useful. 9. A cool resource offered by Yahoo. 10. Gorgeous icons to use in your web designs of web applications. 11. 12. 13. 14.