Forums > Suggestions > Move "secondary" menu back to the left
villeneuve (11) on 3/8/2014 5:07 PM · Permalink · Report
Why did the "secondary" menu (the one which says "Main", "Credits", "Screenshots", etc on a game's page) get moved to the top? It's really unpractical! Modern displays are mostly widescreen which are limited in height, but provide plenty of space in width. It's that space on the sides that is often wasted in many programs and on many websites, which is the case on MobyGames now. As it is now on MobyGames you also have to go up everytime you've read a page from top to bottom to get to the next page (ie. from "Main" to "Credits"). There isn't even a "jump to the top"-button on the bottom of the pages. So I strongly suggest to move the "secondary" menu back to the left side and make it static, so it's always visible even when the reader scrolls down the main frame.
villeneuve (11) on 3/10/2014 10:11 AM · Permalink · Report
Thanks for your thought. I didn't think of mobiles. If that's the reason for the menu placement it's ridiculous. If MobyGames cares about mobile devices they should do an additional mobile version of the website, which is the right way to do it. Otherwise the desktop is compromised too much.
Parf (7873) on 3/11/2014 8:02 AM · Permalink · Report
As it is now the new owners are still trying to figure out the wiring and plumbing around here, given that the site was made on a somewhat obscure platform it seems. But who know, maybe given time it'll eventually happen?
Personally I'm not super bothered by it, and I use both my widescreen monitor at home, or my phone on the go.
Nélio (1976) on 3/11/2014 2:39 PM · Permalink · Report
I like it better as it is. Yes, I have a widescreen, but I prefer the content itself to take as much space as possible. I'm OK with having the interface at the top.
You've come late to this discussion, though. When that update was rolled out there was a huge thread about it. You're not the only one with that opinion, but the admins have made their mind.
vedder (70822) on 3/11/2014 3:21 PM · Permalink · Report
I like it better how it is now too. The old sidebar was a huge mess of completely unrelated links and actions that changed with every page you visited but failed to communicate how.
And you still had to scroll almost all the way back up the page to go anywhere.
Cavalary (11445) on 3/11/2014 4:04 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start vedder wrote--] And you still had to scroll almost all the way back up the page to go anywhere. [/Q --end vedder wrote--]
Yeah, that was the problem. Hence it'd have been nice to make the actual menu sticky, since the sidebar took up the space anyway.
