---
title: 10 Exceptional animated navigation menus
description: >-
  Creating awesome navigation is challenging. Animated navigation menus, even more challenging. Your
  website's overall usability depends more on how you manage...
url: https://expiredqueues.com/10-exceptional-animated-navigation-menu-around-the-web/
date: '2010-01-21T09:38:33.000Z'
image: >-
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Written in January 2010. Much of what it describes has since changed or disappeared; it is kept as a record of how the web used to work, not as advice.

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# 10 Exceptional animated navigation menus around the web.

21 January 2010 By Adrian 1 min read

Creating awesome navigation is challenging. Animated navigation menus, even more challenging. Your website's overall usability depends more on how you manage your main navigation menu.

Here we are going to explore some of the best animated navigation menus around the web.

## a.)UvumiTools Dropdown Menu

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/UvumiTools-Dropdown-Menu-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://tools.uvumi.com/dropdown.html)

## b.) Menu Matic (Obsolete)

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/Menu-Matic3-320.jpeg)\
Not available as of 2019

## c.) Apple style navigation menu

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/Apple-style-navigation-menu-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://www.kriesi.at/archives/apple-menu-improved-with-jquery)

## d.) Mootools Homepage’ Inspired Navigation Effect Using jQuery (Obsolete)

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/Mootools-Homepage’-Inspired-Navigation-Effect-Using-jQuery1-320.jpeg)\
Not available as of 2019

## e.) droppy - Nested dropdown (Obsolete)

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/droppy-Nested-dropdown-menu-320.jpeg)

Not available as of 2019

## f.) Dragon Interactive (Obsolete)

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/Dragon-Interactive-320.jpeg)\
Not available as of 2019

## g.) Nathan Borror

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/Nathan-Borror-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://nathanborror.com/)

## h.) jqDock menu

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/jqDock-menu-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://www.wizzud.com/jqDock/)

## i.) jQuery Background Position

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/jQuery-Background-Position-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://snook.ca/technical/jquery-bg/)

## k.) jQuery version of GarageDoor

![](https://expiredqueues.com/images/opt/jQuery-version-of-GarageDoor-320.jpeg)\
[View](http://www.gayadesign.com/diy/jquery-convertion-garagedoor-effect-using-javascript/)

Those were beautiful animated navigation menus that I found while exploring the web. If you also know more gorgeous, beautiful animated navigations, please consider sharing them in comment area below.

[Previously Create Tooltip using jQuery](https://expiredqueues.com/how-to-create-a-tooltip-using-jquery/) [Next Hello everybody, whats going on!](https://expiredqueues.com/hello-everybody-whats-going-on/)

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