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Ask HN: Should site navs be part of the browser's UI?

5 pointsby yellowboxtenantabout 8 years ago
Does anyone else find it frustrating that there's no consistent nav structure on all the websites they visit?

4 comments

tbirrellabout 8 years ago
No. Not at all.<p>The Browser is my portal between sites on the internet. The Nav is my portal between pages on a site. I want them to remain consistent to themselves.<p>The site has to have a uniform experience across all pages. And the browser needs to stay the same as I switch between sites. I need it to house my various tools and interfaces to best allow me to <i></i>browse<i></i> the internet as a whole.<p>But what&#x27;s that? If the Nav was in the Browser, it would still be consistent across a single site? Sure, but not all sites are created equal, and I need the Nav to be tailored to that site so I can interact with the site most efficiently. The Nav I use for HN would be wholly inappropriate for YouTube, and the Nav I use on Reddit would be overkill for my personal website.
miguelrochefortabout 8 years ago
It&#x27;s not just the navigation structure. It&#x27;s the entire user experience. Every single website&#x2F;app&#x2F;service has its own custom UI and language. This needs to end.<p>The solution is not to bring navigation to the browser. The solution is to get rid of all websites, and replace them with just one system.
tedmistonabout 8 years ago
This is an interesting idea. Information architecture is a hard problem to solve and definitely not something that every site solves well. I imagine you are thinking of something like a universal hamburger menu built-in to the browser chrome.
stephenrabout 8 years ago
This is kinda what the &lt;link rel=&quot;&quot; &#x2F;&gt; stuff is meant to do, but from memory only opera supports it properly