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As our social networking module nears its completion, navigational & usability issues pop up. To integrate the new features without making your user experience more complicated we thought about many different ways and finally came up with two new navigational elements.
1. The Top Bar
At the top of the browser screen, there will be a Top Bar. With that top bar, you can not only search quickly for people, groups and other things going on in the social network (and of course, we will also integrate a content search there in the future!), but also have quick access to the key features.
The icons for chat and personal messages will change the moment you get a new message or one of your buddies wants to chat with you.
2. The Second Level Navigation
You all know that our main horizontal navigation is full of interesting stuff, but a little cramped. It could not carry much more, and a consistent navigational structure is sometimes missed within the main sections of PokerStrategy.com.
In the future, every main section (the ones having their own menu item in the primary navigation bar) will have a second level navigation in a consistent style. The most important things inside the section will be easily accessible from there. An example: in the coaching section, you will be able to switch between the coaching calendar, a coaching guide and informations about our coaches & private coaching in the second level navigation.
To illustrate the changes a little, here's a sample:
