jft wrote: > Bill, > As a new subscriber to the list, and looking for a css only menu, this looks > brilliant! > Could this become a permanent addition to TheHolierGrail at some point? > With many thanks and kind regards, > John
Hi John, I cheerily and gratefully accept your kudos, but must admit to my unabashed disdain for generalized use of CSS-driven menus in the wild. I find them incredibly finicky and awfully difficult to manage when using a laptop's touchpad, eraser mouse or reclined in the seat of a space shuttle. My (quickly typed) general philosophy with regard to the web development process breaks down like so: More or less I recognize these strengths and try to use... ...Apache for secure, reliable communication between computers, ...MySQL for computer-readable data storage, ...PHP for data processing, ...HTML for human-readable data output, ...Unobtrusive Javascript for interactive/client-side behavior, ...and CSS for data presentation. In the case of menus, I think Javascript is better equipped to handle the menu /behavior/, showing, hiding, delaying and so on. I do believe it should be styled through CSS, though. I've heard the argument that CSS:hover menus could/should be used when scripting is disabled. I don't think so. I think when scripting is disabled, we do better to present the user with a styled expanded menu. Much of this is philosophical (read: debatable)...the bottom line with regard to your question is this: The code for this menu will of course always be available on theholiergrail.com but I doubt that I'll ever fully integrate it as a core component (heck, I haven't even had time integrate the core components as core components). Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the list. You'll find this list populated with a great many people far more intelligent and knowledgeable than I am, so if the menu impressed you...prepare to have your world rocked. Thanks for writing! Have a great week. --Bill -- /** * Bill Brown * TheHolierGrail.com & MacNimble.com * From dot concept...to dot com...since 1999. ***********************************************/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
