Alex Fisher wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:39, Daniel Carrera wrote:
Nicu Buculei wrote:
i agree. collapsing menus are not something very usual on websites, so are not very obvious how to use - the small triangle help the recognition, but i feel is not enough, i still have to think what is pe purposeof the box.
I understand. My reaction is that this means that anything that is a priority item (e.g. Resources and About us) must not be collapsed when the user first visits the page. The only things that should be collapsed are lower priority items which the user will be actively looking for if that's what he wants (e.g. For Developers).
hmmmm...I guess I missed this earlier...
I would vote for adding "About Us" to the General Links on the left as opposed to having to look for it in the drop downs.
OK my turn... I actually prefer sites with expanding menus (as distinct from "collapsible). however, most sites I've visited recently with them (IBM, Apple to name only two) the sub-menu appears when one hovers the mouse. This is the behaviour I have come to expect, and would be the behaviour that most users visiting the site would have come to expect.
hmmm...well that leads to other oddities like where to put flyouts etc. without covering something up. I think the current design is good the way it is in that respect.
AIUI, the difference is a simple mod to the JS. So I would seriously suggest that you change the script so the menus expand (or come off the side) *on hover*, not on click.
BTW, that might also require a simple JS to discover the browser, and if it is Opera load a slightly different style sheet, since many IE-targeted sites don't display the menu properly in Opera (example <http:/www.emailcash.com.au> and I seem to remember that the MS pages come out a little strange also).
This is SOMETHING I don't advocate at all! We are a totally volunteer site. I think in terms of maintainability, we would be taking on an enormous burden by attempting to tailor the site to every browser on the market. Although I realize that attempting to please all is difficult, maintaining different style sheets for different browsers is truly a nightmare!
Cheers,
-- ====================================================================== Kay Schenk
"The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it." -- Mal Pancoast
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