I have page that lists previous recipients of an award, with tabs separating each year's winners.
- Every year there are forty recipients.
- The recipient's name is listed, along with his or her job title and company.
- The same person can be selected in up to three different years.
- Three year winners go into the hall of fame, though that's not represented here.
- Currently, each year's winners are displayed on a separate tab.
The problem is I'm running out of space. After next year, there won't be room to add more tabs. What's another way to organize this data that will work well for up to 20 total years of awards?
Note: Thanks Robert Fraser for the name "Tab Overflow."
Answer
How about just showing the last 10 years of awards with the 11th tab to take you to the previous 10 years?
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | ... | Older
Most people are only going to be interested in the most recent awards, so having the older awards a second click away shouldn't be a big problem.
Clicking on "Older" would show a page with the following tabs:
Recent | ... | 2000 | 1999
but would otherwise look identical to the current page. You could change the colour scheme just as an extra visual clue, but that would be up to the "powers that be".
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