There are many different ways of building the main navigation of a website, in terms of styling, functionality, and the underlying markup and semantic information. If the implementation is too minimalist, it works for most people, but the user experience (UX) might not be great. If it’s over-engineered, it might confuse users or even hinder them from being able to access it at all.
For most websites, you want to build something that’s neither too simple, nor too complicated.
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