I like a big panel of buttons up fornt to take me where I want to go in one step.
Maybe a whizzier scheme would hide all the buttons behind one "navigation" icon, and when the mouse approachs the icon, a biog navigation panel pops up. That way it is still only olne lc ick, but leaves more room fopr the pretty banner photos.
That's my second criterion: close to my first. See more of the banner!
