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Re:Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown by robotmay on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @08:55AM (#5331110)
It's probably a great testament to its good design that I failed to notice how well it works when browsing Amazon. Everyone notices awful dropdown menus (and I really don't like Bootstrap's), but good ones like this often pass un-noticed because they work so well.
Re:Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown by bbx on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @09:14AM (#5331193)
Exactly what I was thinking. I never noticed that Amazon's dropdown both displayed the submenu instantly and prevented it from mistakenly disappearing.

Speed is also involved. For example, if you hover on Sports & Outdoors and quickly move your mouse towards the Exercice & Fitness sub-item, it'll work. But taking the same path at a slower speed will hide the submenu.

Re:Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown by sazpaz on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @10:20AM (#5331542)
And then you have more time to focus on your shopping instead of distracting over the awful submenus.