[IxDA Discuss] locating tabs at the bottom of an application window

[Dmitry Nekrasovski]

I am not sure page length is really a problem - it is possible to use
frames (or CSS pseudo-frames) to avoid this issue. I do see a couple
of other issues with this approach, though:

1) It breaks user expectations of where informational site navigation
is usually located (i.e. in the top banner or left sidebar). See for
example Figure 3 in this article:

http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/81/webobjects.htm

2) Depending on which portal/CMS platform you are using, it may be
difficult or completely impossible to locate navigation elements at
the bottom. Of course, this may not apply if you are rolling your own
platform.

Dmitry

On 5/31/06, Joshua Seiden <joshseiden at yahoo.com> wrote:
> [Please voluntarily trim replies to include only relevant quoted material.]
>
> The major issue here is that it limits your page length. You can't use
> web-page style scolling/infinitely long pages.
>
> This may or may not be a problem, but it is a constraint.
>
> JS
>
> > I'm in the process of designing an intranet portal that
> > allows access to 8 content sections.
> >
> > Each section has its own layout, once the users logged into
> > the portal they should be able to shift between sections
> > without having to leave or close whatever they were doing in
> > another section.
> >
> > In order to allow this functionality I decided to use tabs
> > for each new task and locate them at the bottom of the window
> >  (much like minimized applications in the windows taskbar).
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a reason not to do so?
>
>
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