Millions of visitors stop by thousands of websites everyday. Most of the web pages they visit get no more than a few seconds each. While they are at a web page, visitors give hardly a fraction of their attention to the web page itself. Some of their attention is grabbed by what is happening around them. And, no sooner than they arrive at a web page, they are thinking of where to go next! It is your job to arrest their attention and hold it there long enough for them to consider if what you are offering on your web page interests them.

When you came to this web page, did the menu above arrest your attention? It is important to interest your visitors without annoying them! Blinking lights, moving words, interminably shaking heads, and startling audio that announces "You have won a prize!" will chase your visitors away faster than closing bell in a school classroom! What you need are elements that are novel, colorful, classy, and relevant.

The bouncy menus are just the ticket. They relieve the monotony of the page. The animation momentarily arrests their attention and puts a smile on their faces. It has done its job. The rest is up to you! (By the way, the above is just a dummy menu. On your website, each menu item above, when clicked will take you to a relevant page).

Remember that we can vary the menu design to make it sober with subdued colors -- or make it cute and hip with cool imagery!