Re: Drop Down Menus
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 42162
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan wrote:> Robert, Most of the new rules for the cascading stylsheets were developed> after netscape 4.x stopped being developed so style sheet intesive sites will> most likely always hang up Netscape 4.x browsers. Unfortunately when> netscape sold there business, they left a lot of good ideas and customers> hanging me thinks.>From what I've seen using this browser, I haven't had many problems with CSS. I hitsites all the time that have CSS drop downs that work just fine. I've even built a fewbeta's that are simple and disply great. To me it's a matter of your visitors...Always check your logs, see what browsers people are using and design with that inmind. We all know that not everyone has the newest browser. I've got browsers on myMac here that range from NN3x to NN6 over to all kinds of IE's and AOL's. All of thisI test with. I happen to use 4.7NN because, like you, I like it. It's a goodbrowser. And it's fairly stable. From what I see of my logs, a lot of other peopleare still using it. If you go to Netscapes and Microsofts websites, you can easilydownload all these old browsers to test with. Hell, I still get WebTV users showingup in my logs. I also have Virtual PC on this machine with all of it's choices ofbrowsers so I can test from a PC platform as well. Unfortunately I think a lot ofpeople get into the habit of thinking that the only browser out there is the one theyuse, and so they only test in that configuration and assume it works for everyone.Again, the best solution for me is ... review your logs ( I use FunnelWeb Pro ), andtest, test, test.The day the take my Netscape 4.7 is when they pry it from dead, cheetoh stainedfingers!>>> Glad to see I'm not the only one that can't let go! ;-)>> Donovan>> Kim, if, by chance, you did want to make 4.x compatible for your site there> is a JS fix for your (so called DHTML (never understood why they termed> these drop downs as dynamic html)) dropdowns. www.projectseven.com> has the DreamWeaver extension but if you want just the Java Script code I should be> able> to find it.>> cheers,> Donovan>> Robert Wade wrote:>> > This happened with with MacOS 9.4 - Netscape Navigator 4.7x> >> > When the page loads, this pops into the location field of the browser:> > http://www.fauxefficient.com/products/styles.inc> >> > Then I get the following in the window....> >> > HTTP Error 404> >> > 404 Not Found> >> > The Web server cannot find the file or script you asked for. Please check the URL> > to ensure that the path is correct.> >> > Please contact the server's administrator if this problem persists.> >> > I also noticed that your mast head graphics were out of alignment. Probably some> > bad table syntax. I took a screen shot for you which you can see at> > http://www.outboundcreative.com/faux.jpg> >> > Another thing which I see on this browser (and it might just be this one) is that> > your tiled background is so small and made up of so many pieces that it takes a> > very long time to load. You may consider building a larger tile, so it wouldn't> > have to load so many times. From what I can tell, that tile is only 1x2 pixels...> > If you were to build it at about 600 x 50 with only the two colors used, it would> > make the page load much faster. Again this problem may only be with this browser> > configuration.> >> > Hope this helps!> >> > -Robert> >>> --> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> <><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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Donovan wrote:> Robert, Most of the new rules for the cascading stylsheets were developed> after netscape 4.x stopped being developed so style sheet intesive sites will> most likely always hang up Netscape 4.x browsers. Unfortunately when> netscape sold there business, they left a lot of good ideas and customers> hanging me thinks.>From what I've seen using this browser, I haven't had many problems with CSS. I hitsites all the time that have CSS drop downs that work just fine. I've even built a fewbeta's that are simple and disply great. To me it's a matter of your visitors...Always check your logs, see what browsers people are using and design with that inmind. We all know that not everyone has the newest browser. I've got browsers on myMac here that range from NN3x to NN6 over to all kinds of IE's and AOL's. All of thisI test with. I happen to use 4.7NN because, like you, I like it. It's a goodbrowser. And it's fairly stable. From what I see of my logs, a lot of other peopleare still using it. If you go to Netscapes and Microsofts websites, you can easilydownload all these old browsers to test with. Hell, I still get WebTV users showingup in my logs. I also have Virtual PC on this machine with all of it's choices ofbrowsers so I can test from a PC platform as well. Unfortunately I think a lot ofpeople get into the habit of thinking that the only browser out there is the one theyuse, and so they only test in that configuration and assume it works for everyone.Again, the best solution for me is ... review your logs ( I use FunnelWeb Pro ), andtest, test, test.The day the take my Netscape 4.7 is when they pry it from dead, cheetoh stainedfingers!>>> Glad to see I'm not the only one that can't let go! ;-)>> Donovan>> Kim, if, by chance, you did want to make 4.x compatible for your site there> is a JS fix for your (so called DHTML (never understood why they termed> these drop downs as dynamic html)) dropdowns. www.projectseven.com> has the DreamWeaver extension but if you want just the Java Script code I should be> able> to find it.>> cheers,> Donovan>> Robert Wade wrote:>> > This happened with with MacOS 9.4 - Netscape Navigator 4.7x> >> > When the page loads, this pops into the location field of the browser:> > http://www.fauxefficient.com/products/styles.inc> >> > Then I get the following in the window....> >> > HTTP Error 404> >> > 404 Not Found> >> > The Web server cannot find the file or script you asked for. Please check the URL> > to ensure that the path is correct.> >> > Please contact the server's administrator if this problem persists.> >> > I also noticed that your mast head graphics were out of alignment. Probably some> > bad table syntax. I took a screen shot for you which you can see at> > http://www.outboundcreative.com/faux.jpg> >> > Another thing which I see on this browser (and it might just be this one) is that> > your tiled background is so small and made up of so many pieces that it takes a> > very long time to load. You may consider building a larger tile, so it wouldn't> > have to load so many times. From what I can tell, that tile is only 1x2 pixels...> > If you were to build it at about 600 x 50 with only the two colors used, it would> > make the page load much faster. Again this problem may only be with this browser> > configuration.> >> > Hope this helps!> >> > -Robert> >>> --> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> <><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/--================================================Robert WadeOutbound Creative, Inc.robert@outboundcreative.com================================================|[ ] L|| ‘||‘ ||} |[ ] L|| ||\| ||)================================================-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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