Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread David Laakso
On 11/24/10 7:06 PM, Thierry wrote: Thanks, Thierry; Could you expound a bit on what evil these CSS expressions might bring on? Are we talkin' red guys with horns, tails and pitchforks? Worse than that! Check this: http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2007/07/high_performanc_6/ -- Regard

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread Thierry
> Thanks, Thierry; Could you expound a bit on what evil these CSS expressions > might bring on? > > Are we talkin' red guys with horns, tails and pitchforks? Worse than that! Check this: http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2007/07/high_performanc_6/ -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com |

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread cat soul
On Nov 23, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: How key is IE 6, and are people simply not going with this kind of fixed menu? You can use the following for IE6, but be aware that CSS expressions are evil! #elementToBeFixed { position:fixed; } * html { background: url

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread G.Sørtun
http://thinkplan.org/menupersist.jpg What are peoples' thoughts on this kind of menu? I'm told that IE 6 doesn't support this kind of menu...IIRC, it involves position: fixed; I use "fixed" menus... ...and reconfigure to scrollable on narrow windows -

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread David Dorward
On 23 Nov 2010, at 21:05, cat soul wrote: > Here is a link illustrating what I mean: > http://thinkplan.org/menupersist.jpg > > What are peoples' thoughts on this kind of menu? It eats valuable vertical screen real estate (very important in these days of widescreen netbook computers) and brea

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-23 Thread Grant Bailey
You could use the Dean Edwards script to force IE6 into standards compliance: http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/ Regards, Grant Bailey On 24/11/2010 9:16 AM, Joseph Taylor wrote: Cat, You can always use javascript to move the menu as you scroll to overcome IE6 lacking. As far as how impor

RE: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-23 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> > Here is a link illustrating what I mean: > > http://thinkplan.org/menupersist.jpg > > What are peoples' thoughts on this kind of menu? I'm told that IE 6 > doesn't support this kind of menu...IIRC, it involves > > position: fixed; > > How key is IE 6, and are people simply not going with t

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-23 Thread Joseph Taylor
Cat, You can always use javascript to move the menu as you scroll to overcome IE6 lacking. As far as how important is IE6? I guess that depends on your audience. The sites I work on have a (sadly) large percentage of IE6 users (10% +/-) Joseph R. B. Taylor /Web Designer / Developer/ ---

[WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-23 Thread cat soul
Here is a link illustrating what I mean: http://thinkplan.org/menupersist.jpg What are peoples' thoughts on this kind of menu? I'm told that IE 6 doesn't support this kind of menu...IIRC, it involves position: fixed; How key is IE 6, and are people simply not going with this kind of fixed