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Mobile and desktop menus: keep the two in step

Why mobile and desktop navigation should contain the same links in the same order, what goes wrong when they drift and how to keep them in step.

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Full-screen menus: stylish overlay or a step too far?

When a full-screen overlay menu suits a website and when it hides too much: the usability costs on desktop, the accessibility checks and better options.

20 Oct 20265 min read

Announcement bars: useful notice or navigation clutter?

When an announcement bar above your menu helps visitors and when it pushes navigation down, adds clutter and gets ignored, plus how to design one.

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Cookie banners and chat widgets that cover your menu

How cookie banners, chat widgets and floating buttons hide navigation on phones, what WCAG 2.2 says about obscured focus and how to arrange them.

20 Oct 20266 min read

Navigation usability testing: five tasks, five people

How to test website navigation with real people: five tasks, five participants, what to watch for and how to turn what you see into fixes.

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First-click testing: is the first step the right one?

First-click testing explained: why the first click predicts whether visitors find what they need, how to run a test and how to read the results.

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'Did you find what you needed?' Surveys that test navigation

How a short 'did you find what you were looking for?' survey reveals navigation problems: what to ask, where to show it and how to act on answers.

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Task success rate: the simplest navigation measure

Task success rate explained: how to measure whether visitors complete tasks on your site, how to score partial success and what a good rate looks like.

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Time on task: how long it takes to find what matters

Time on task explained: how to measure how long visitors take to find things on your site, why the median matters and how to use it alongside success.

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Track menu clicks in GA4: see which links visitors use

How to track menu clicks in GA4 with Google Tag Manager: the event to send, the parameters to capture and the reports that show what visitors use.

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Website navigation audit: a one-afternoon review

How to audit your website navigation in one afternoon: inventory the menus, check structure, labels, devices, accessibility and data, then rank the fixes.

20 Oct 20267 min read

System Usability Scale: a 10-question score for your site

The System Usability Scale explained: the 10 questions, how to score it out of 100, what an average score is and how to use it to compare website versions.

20 Oct 20266 min read

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