There are lots of lists of 25 of this and 50 of that and I was going to go ahead and stuff the stack of great navigation ideas I’ve found into a list of my own, but after thinking about it I decided that making a few posts of smaller more comprehendible lists of about 10 will be more productive and usefull.

When I see those large lists I scan through them quickly because there is so much to look at but I don’t slow down to look at, appreciate and comprehend each piece. We are here to get inspired, to get new ideas for web design, and in this post here, to get great ideas for website navigation, so let’s take a look at the examples I have here.

1. XY-Media.de
Take a look at the button that is highlighted with gray. I like the idea of having that little icon show up next to the gray box as you hover over the button. That adds an interesting element to the navigation instead of just a gray box.

2. VillaLaEstancia.com
Sometimes simple just looks best. This one has just a simple rollover image that turns the link text a lighter color as you hover over it.

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