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Rollover- Rollover can be used in many forms, the most common forms it is seen in would be image, text or buttons. The term rollover is pretty self-explanatory as all it requires is for the user to rollover the hotspot and it will begin to animate in some form. The advantages to a rollover element in an interactive graphic is that it allows the user to interact with the system. Another advantage would be that the creator is able to have more information on the screen than originally meets the eye without their website looking crowded. Navigation bar- The navigation bar is one of the most important elements of any websites, this could either make or break the users’ opinion on the website, let’s face it, we’ve all been in the situation where the navigation bar on a website just looks tacky or is really outdated and it has put us off the website. There are many key elements that need to be taken into consideration when creating a navigation bar. The most important part of the navigation bar would be the content, it is important to only include the most important parts of your website as the main buttons, this is so the user doesn’t feel overwhelmed when using the website. There are a couple of navigation bars that you need to be aware of, the first one would be One level navigation, this is the simplest of navigation bars, this is basically a what you see is what you get bar. The second type would be a drop down/multi-level navigation bar, this is the type of navigation bar which drops down and shows the user more options when the cursor is on one of the buttons.