[WEB4LIB] Web design question

[Kenneth M. Liss]

We use a right-aligned navigation menu on the front page of our new HBS Working
Knowledge site at http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu .  (It's not strictly a
library site, though it originated in and is managed by Baker Library for our
parent institution.)  Interior navigation is primarily through a drop-down
menu, rather than a menu bar, but that, too, is on the right side.

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Kenneth M. Liss
Editor, HBS Working Knowledge
Baker Library
Harvard Business School
http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu
kliss at hbs.edu
617-496-6862
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>Still, I was curious if any libraries use a right-aligned navigation menu in
>their web sites.  Our current site design uses a left-aligned menu on the home
>page [without the colored bar] but it does make sense that a right-aligned
>menu would function better for visitors.  Mr. Nielsen noted that the
>left-aligned menu is also counter-productive in that Western-readers focus
>from left to right and the most important content should be appear on the left
>side of the screen.  On our web site, our highlights, like remote access,
>currently sit on the right side of the screen and it does now occur to me that
>this information which should be the first thing that visitors see is probably
>the last they see.  So, if anyone has a right-aligned site, could they pass
>their URL along?
>
>Andrew Mutch
>Library Systems Technician
>Waterford Township Public Library
>Waterford, MI
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