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The Megaton Problem with Mega Menus

The Megaton Problem with Mega Menus

Reducing attention fatigue

Sep 08, 2020
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How fast can you find the three of diamonds in a deck of playing cards? The answer is not very fast because you have to sift through so many irrelevant cards to get to the right one. This is what you’re asking users to do when you use a mega menu for your navigation.

When users open a mega menu, they experience a megaton explosion of navigation links in …

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