Navigation bar consolidation exploration
This issue is for feedback for designs going into solution validation for consolidation of the top nav https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ux-research/-/issues/1169
Proposed design for solution validation
Updated top nav | With menu |
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Videos
Context walkthrough by Michael Le: https://youtu.be/VnSVg0xDjE8
Prototype video |
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menu-top-nav-clickthrough |
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🕹 Prototype - Experience the menu
📣 Feedback welcomed
Looking for feedback around
- General style (especially selected "stage/feature")
- Is this proposal missing any use case or scenarios that would be negatively impacted by this change?
Where to give feedback
- Designs in issue - start here #1427[projects.png]
- Figma feedback page - UX Review - 20201207
Issues that influenced direction
- Navigation vision ideas (Manage:Analytics POV) gitlab#255325 (closed)
- Navigation: Single project/group/more selection experience MVC gitlab#260298 (closed)
- Improve the ability to search for settings using navbar dropdown gitlab#241317 (closed)
- Navigation & sidebar north star exploration #1424 (closed)
- Improve navigation between projects within a group/subgroup gitlab#22926
Hypotheses
1. Combining Project, Groups, and More will help speed up selection of context
Current | Proposal |
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2. Recently visited is useful as a navigation pattern for getting back to where you need to do work
3. "Menu" is not needed for users to discover where to change between projects
4. When switching projects we keep the same context instead of taking them to the homepage
Out of scope of validation
These are things that were considered to be in the solution validation but they require a separate session to give it the time it deserves
- By putting more emphasis on
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users can find the button when they need to create something in GitLab Out of scope: What should go in the list depending on context should be handled in a separate solution validation - Combining menu selection and page context will help users understand where they are at an where they can go
- By limiting search areas to one centralized position we are reducing the decision for users of where to search to between 3 areas now (Projects, Groups, and Global search)
- Tidy up and simplify the "+" menu in the top nav bar gitlab#284092
Edited by Michael Le