One of my favorite websites, Nike Skateboarding, has a great navigation system. The floating menu has been around for a long time, in both flash and javascript. It is nothing new. But the thing that really grabbed me was the rollovers. A very simple drop shadow used so effectively. Very nice work.
After seeing this, I felt the need to recreate it on my own. We have been getting into Flash 9 and Action Script 3.0 over at
nothingGrinder so I thought it would be appropriate to do this tutorial in AS3!
**NOTICE** Recently I have discovered a much better way to manage the buttons than I have listed here. I will be updating this tutorial to match my current knowledge of ActionScript 3.0. Please check back for updates, I assure you it will be worthwhile. Thanks.