Rails - Jul 2008 - What is the Web 2.0 way of doing menus? Any suggestions?

Hi,

My rails single click menu options in my header are running out of room.

What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing number of menu
links?  What''s the most popular Rails way of having drop down menus? 
Or is
this now not the way to handle menus in which case what''s the most
popular
approach?

Cheers

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(bump)

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Greg Hauptmann <
greg.hauptmann.ruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My rails single click menu options in my header are running out of room.
>
> What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing number of menu
> links?  What''s the most popular Rails way of having drop down
menus?  Or is
> this now not the way to handle menus in which case what''s the most
popular
> approach?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
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On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 09:02 +1000, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> (bump)
> 
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Greg Hauptmann
> <greg.hauptmann.ruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>         Hi,
>          
>         My rails single click menu options in my header are running
>         out of room.  
>          
>         What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing
>         number of menu links?  What''s the most popular Rails way
of
>         having drop down menus?  Or is this now not the way to handle
>         menus in which case what''s the most popular approach?
----
I think it was ignored because it''s not a ruby or rails question.
It''s
obviously an html/css/javascript type question because that is what
people use to generate menus.

Craig


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good point - I guess I was wondering (being a hobbyist programmer) whether
Rails (say with in prototype or scriptaculus) had a web 2.0 way to do menus?


On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Craig White
<craigwhite-BQ75lA0ptkhBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 09:02 +1000, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> > (bump)
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Greg Hauptmann
> > <greg.hauptmann.ruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> >         Hi,
> >
> >         My rails single click menu options in my header are running
> >         out of room.
> >
> >         What is the most popular Web 2.0 way of handling a growing
> >         number of menu links?  What''s the most popular Rails
way of
> >         having drop down menus?  Or is this now not the way to handle
> >         menus in which case what''s the most popular approach?
> ----
> I think it was ignored because it''s not a ruby or rails question.
It''s
> obviously an html/css/javascript type question because that is what
> people use to generate menus.
>
> Craig
>
>
> >
>
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There are many ways to generate menus in rails using HTML and CSS.  So 
there is no set way.  However, if you want to see an example, go to:
www.learningrails.com
They are hosting a long running tutorial for creating a rails 
application and show a way to create menus.  Mind you, this is one of 
the many way.  Rails itself does not favor one over the other.
Hope this helps.
Bharat


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There really is no "Web 2.0" way of doing any one thing. Web 2.0 
philosophy (if there even is such a thing) would probably tell you make 
your navigation as clear and simple as possible. For example, you 
mention that the navigation you already have is growing too long. It 
might be time to reevaluation the needs and purpose of the entire 
navigation itself, and not just figure out the best way to cram more 
options into a small space.

It sounds like a Information Architecture and/or UI design problem more 
than anything else.



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Bryan M. wrote:
> There really is no "Web 2.0" way of doing any one thing. Web 2.0 
> philosophy (if there even is such a thing) would probably tell you make 
> your navigation as clear and simple as possible. For example, you 
> mention that the navigation you already have is growing too long. It 
> might be time to reevaluation the needs and purpose of the entire 
> navigation itself, and not just figure out the best way to cram more 
> options into a small space.
> 
> It sounds like a Information Architecture and/or UI design problem more 
> than anything else.
In other words, the Web 2.0 way to do drop down menus is: Don''t :)
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