The old Household/Core distinction is removed. Household Briefing, Daily Command, Communications, Vision, Records, Cash Flow, Assets, Accounts, Matters, and Binder are ten peer destinations inside one Household Ledger application.
Navigation ruleGlobal navigation chooses one of the ten areas. Once inside an area, that area's own tabs/workspaces appear as a second, local navigation layer.
Desktop behavior
Household LedgerBrown Family Household
Household Briefing
Your household, at a glance.
Orientation and executive-level household awareness.
Right now
The page content belongs to the selected area. The global rail never changes position, so all ten peer destinations remain continuously reachable.
3Needs attention
7Upcoming
StableHousehold state
Local navigation
When you move to Records, Cash Flow, Assets, etc., the horizontal tab strip changes to that area's own internal destinations. It is not another global hierarchy.
Phone behavior
Household Ledger
Brown Family
Household Briefing
Your household, at a glance.
The global areas scroll horizontally instead of using a permanent sidebar.
Right now
Phone content uses the full width. The active global area remains visible in the horizontal area switcher.
3Attention
7Upcoming
Switching areas
Swipe the area strip, then tap Records, Assets, Binder, or any other peer destination. The local tab row beneath it updates for that area.
Deep pages
Opening a Person, Agreement, Vehicle, or Matter changes the content pane but preserves global orientation.
No 10-item bottom bar. Ten peer areas are too many for fixed mobile bottom navigation. Horizontal scrolling avoids inventing a “More” hierarchy or restoring Household/Core.
What stays the same across devices
Ten peer areasNo Household group, no Core group, and no second-class destinations.
Two navigation levelsGlobal area navigation first; area-owned local tabs second.
Persistent orientationThe selected global area remains visually obvious while navigating deeper.
Global utilitiesSearch, quick add, and household controls live in application chrome.
Same route meaningDesktop and phone use the same information architecture.
Progressive depthArea → local workspace → detail record.
Prototype Annotation · Not Part of Shipped Website
Desktop: persistent vertical rail for the ten global areas; horizontal tabs belong only to the active area.
Phone: horizontally scrollable global area switcher; local tab strip beneath it; no forced ten-icon bottom navigation.
Decision being tested: whether this two-level navigation should become the React application shell.