originally the flash file was the full width. If mouse down under About
Us and mouse over Company Information, News or Visitor's Guide you'll
see the effect.

:-)

will

Jim Campbell wrote:

> Wow, I have to try that :)
>
> Also, the drop downs on esca.com are falling over a standard image - the
> Flash is off to the left and doesn't come in contact with the menu
> items, even when I shrink the screen.
>
> - Jim
>
> William H Bowen wrote:
>
> >naaahh. to solve that you just need to put the following in your
> ><object> tag
> >
> ><param name="WMode" value="Transparent">
> >
> >that's the fix.
> >
> >you can see it in action here: http://www.esca.com
> >
> >get syntax viewing source and scrolling down.
> >
> >HTH
> >will
> >
> >PS: now that I think about it, it could have been solved in IE6 I just
> >didn't notice 'cause it was fixed with the above...maybe I'll test...
> >
> >Jim Campbell wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I've seen that z-index issue in IE on Windows as well - a Flash object
> >>would always ride on top of a DHTML drop-down menu, no matter how much
> >>we fiddled with it.  This was with IE 5.5 though.  Possibly resolved at
> >>this point?
> >>
> >>- Jim
> >>
> >>Ben Doom wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >>>Ah, I'm not offended.  Just surprised is all.  I was kidding about
> >>>starting a browser war.  I don't really care what people use, just so
> >>>long as they don't complain about how the layout doesn't work in Lynx
> >>>1.0 :-)
> >>>
> >>>AFA IE/Mac goes, in all fairness, I'm looking at it from the point of
> >>>view of all the @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@# customization I had to do to get sites to
> work
> >>>properly with IE/Mac and everything else.  Plus, we have a site that
> >>>(against my better judgement) uses an iframe floating over a section of
> >>>Flash.  This does not, cannot, will not work in IE/Mac because you
> can't
> >>>float anything over a plugin becuase of the z-index bug.
> >>>
> >>>As a consumer browser, it may be fly as can be, but I'd never notice
> >>>because I'm too busy arguing with the internals.
> >>>
> >>>I thought Opera was pretty sweet back when I first tried it, but that
> >>>was before an ad-supported version was released, and I was a poor
> >>>college student at the time and didn't have the moolah to shell out
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>for it.
> >>   
> >>
> >>>--benD
> >>>
> >>>Jim Campbell wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Really?  I really liked IE on the Mac.  I don't use it now -
> Mozilla and
> >>>>Opera are too far advanced to consider it, but for OS 9, I don't think
> >>>>anything for the Mac was as good.  I didn't know about the z-index
> thing
> >>>>though... Hmmm.
> >>>>
> >>>>At risk of offending you again :)  Opera is pretty great these days.
> >>>>
> >>>>- Jim
> >>>>
> >>>>Ben Doom wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Begin Browser War:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I love the irony of Microsoft's Mac software being almost
> universally
> >>>>>>superior to their Windows software.  I prefer Office X and its
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>suite of
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>>applications far more than Office XP/2003, and IE for Mac was
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>probably
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>>the best browser out for OS 9 and OS X for a while (possibly the
> best
> >>>>>>browser, *period*), although Opera is probably the king in that
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>regard
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>>now.  Well, that or Mozilla.
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>IE for Mac the best browser?  What the hell are you talking
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>about?  Its
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>DOM is even less standardized than IE/Win.  Its plugin structure
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>forces
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>any plugin to have an "infinite" z-index.  Its _javascript_ support is
> >>>>>even odder than IE/Win.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I really, really don't care for this browser.  But maybe you
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>noticed that.
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>Safari has its own set of problems, especially for developers, but
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>is a
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>pretty good browser for the average end-user.  For my money (or lack
> >>>>>thereof) Mozilla is king.  Though, admittedly, I've not used Opera
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>since
> >>   
> >>
> >>>>>way back when.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>--benD
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>>>  
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >
>
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