SaaS product Retool redesigns it's navigation strategy to improve its conversion rate.
This deep dive explores the navigation styles and UX patterns of over 20 top tier companies.
Different types of navigational styles like megamenus, global switches, fly-outs and click toggles are elaborated in the analysis.
The study for this analysis reveals that well-designed navigation can result in a significant 37% improvement in task completion rates.
Notable navigation designs of companies like Uber, Notion, Replit, YouTube, Reddit, Retool and others are studied to reveal useful tactics for creating modern UI designs.
The analysis reveals that upsell of products, use of carousels and blurring effects are currently popular and effective UI trends being used by companies.
The companies covered in the analysis are a broad cross-section of different product types including SaaS, workplace productivity, ecommerce, consumer software, AI, media and publishing and fintech.
For each company covered, detailed screen grabs of their UIs that have been studied are available for users to download and keep a copy.
This deep dive should be helpful for those who are considering making changes to their navigation to optimise their product conversion rates and create more effective UI designs.
Well-known companies like Uber, YouTube, Dropbox, New York Times and Linear have implemented unique navigation styles worth exploring.