A Showcase of Website Navigations with Serious Click Appeal
A couple of months ago we posted an article showcasing great website navigations. Consider this the sequel.
The navigation of a website is meant to be clicked. It doesn’t need to blend in or be hard to find. It’s important that it stands out from the rest of the elements on the page, but yet still matches the overall style of the design. Here is a showcase of websites that achieve this in a very stylish way. These navs look amazing, have serious click appeal, and are guaranteed to inspire you.
Clicking on the images will take you to each site.
Vegas Uncork’s
SYNTHVIEW
Help Your Habitat
Electric Pulp
The House Media
Breezy Baby
Curious Generation Group
Pastebot
Chirp
Delibar
Comfort Brothers
Narwhal Co.
Michael Dick
Yellow Bird Project
Ugmonk
Image Spark
Intuitive Designs
Iconlicious
Oval Cube
Neutron Creations
TheOldState
Digital Podge 2009
Arbutus
8Interactive
Cannonball
Sower of Seeds
Ready Made Designs
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Feb 5, 2010
Hey how is my website’s navigation meuu – http://www.techsplurge ?
Feb 5, 2010
I think http://www.nue-media.com has a cool navigation to
Feb 5, 2010
Beautiful collection – it is inspiring me to re think the Golf Royalty nav.
Thanks,
Lee.
Feb 5, 2010
Thats a great ressource, thanks for sharing… inspiring!
Feb 5, 2010
Great examples here, love them all.
People are really starting to embrace custom menus as they are drifting away from using drop-down menus.
Feb 5, 2010
love it .. Great examples
Feb 5, 2010
Thank you for this list.
This will really help, with my next project.
Feb 5, 2010
Nice ressource… I also think the visitors want more userenhanced experience when the visit webpages today.
I’ve also made som interesting animated buttons on this site: http://www.lineofbeauty.dk.
It’s in danish, but I think you can guess the site-contens by hovering over the button-links…
Feb 5, 2010
These are fantastic – Really like the simple appeal of some of them – Will definitely keep these in mind for inspiration while doing my redesign
Thanks Henry!
Feb 5, 2010
the focus is on the same sites, why? in many aticles are same sites
Feb 5, 2010
Great sites…I am always looking for great sites for inspiration. Thanks!
Feb 5, 2010
One site you listed has “packages” as a navigation button, I glanced over it and thought it said “pancakes”. That would have been awesome.
Feb 5, 2010
I love clicking my mouse.
I just got a spam message saying that I could make $1,000 dollars a day, just by clicking my mouse 500 times a day!
Feb 5, 2010
I like most of them. Although I miss more complicated menus with subitems..
Nevertheless thanks for sharing!
Feb 5, 2010
Arbutus Photography is particularly nice!
Feb 5, 2010
I was excited to see Ugmonk included in this list! They have an amazing site!
Feb 5, 2010
Thanks for the mention!
Feb 5, 2010
heyyy nice post han i really find it usefull for my web designs i got a lot of idea about the navigation in this post…! cheers
Feb 5, 2010
Great post!
I know when I’m designing a site the navigation is always something I have to spend extra time on.
This will be a great reference to go back to when I need ideas.
Feb 5, 2010
Thrilled to see Intuitive Designs included. Naomi and her husband provide great design, and coding.
Feb 6, 2010
I would have to say the inspiring layout of the sites give a boost the navigation. I tend to like the navigation most when I like the entire design.
Feb 6, 2010
nice collection thanks for posting…
Feb 6, 2010
Nice collection, Delibar is my favorite.
Feb 7, 2010
Great collection, thanks for the post!
Feb 7, 2010
I would agree with Aaron. These navigations are not impressive when removed from the sites that contain them. The overall sites are nice. The navigation is just…there. Nothing too special about them except that they help you get from point A to B, which is what navigation is supposed to do.
I’ve seen a lot of sites copying Apple’s navigation and I honestly do not know why. It is completely separate from the rest of the design and does not fit the design at all. It is also very poor at getting you to what you are looking for. Their old navigation was far superior, with a secondary navbar to guide you to the exact page you want to go. Just try to find QuickTime Movie Trailers on there new site.
Feb 7, 2010
really digging the iconalicous. Thanks for the list!
Feb 8, 2010
Very inspiring! Thanks for posting the sequel.
Feb 8, 2010
You should also check out http://www.graffino.com , it has quite a good looking navigation…
Other than that, the list is really cool. Keep up the good work
Feb 9, 2010
Showcase Of Creative Flash Preloaders which may serve as an inspiration..
Feb 20, 2010
and maimuse.com?
Feb 24, 2010
Very inspirational, thank you. Some are really amazingly designed. Man I’ve got a lot to learn.
Feb 26, 2010
hei i like most the Pastebot navigation…