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Posted by dorayme on 09/25/05 05:05
> From: rossz <rosszNOSPAM@vamos-wentworth.org>
>
> dorayme wrote:
>
>> Personally I would leave out the + signs, one does not need to
>> know that there is further nesting: argument being that if one
>> is not interested in the link, it is not likely that one will be
>> interested in the details. If one is, one is likely at the very
>> least to run the mouse over it and it will be obvious.
>
> I've been thinking about dropping the + signs, but I kind of think they
> look cool. Perhaps some "pirate" related graphic would be a better
> choice. If more people agree with you, I'll drop them. I'm not that
> attached to the cool factor. :)
>
Your instinct is important. Anyway, just "looking cool" to some
or even a lot of people is not a sound *argument*.
>> Good that
>> you let the top link *itself* link directly to the object of the
>> first link on the list in the subset. (2 reasons, one that the
>> dropdown might not work for all (yes, I know about your Notes
>> but that's me, I'm nosey), two that an impatient user might not
>> want to wait and fiddle with getting the mouse just so... trust
>> me on this or ask further).
>
> I was concerned about mouse accuracy in using the menus. That's one of
> the reasons I am hesitant to switch the default version over to the
> fancy menus.
Work ok if one goes carefully horizontally
>
> The menus probably won't work with IE before 5.x or an old Netscape
> browser. Does anyone still use something that old? A full contents
> page is available that lists all the links, so there is always a way to
> get to things if using a broken browser.
>
No, submenus don't work on my IE 5.1.6 on a Mac (unlike on
Mozilla 1.3 or iCab... btw iCab reports it does not handle font
adjust) but otherwise looks good. If you had a simple submenu at
*the bottom* of the pages like Alvaro de Bazan, it would be very
helpful and imo would not spoil the aesthetics (as long as you
do not deliberately make it a big fancy affair - what do people
not like about simple text links, they are nice and twinkle with
colour on hover and stuff). Yes I know one *can* go to
Contents...
Remember, ex pirates (like me) are impatient, have old browsers
they like bringing out and a fondness in general for old stuff
but are still bloodthirsty and demanding. (Anyone interested in
one of my pirate jokes?)
dorayme
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