Posted by dorayme on 10/21/06 07:27

In article <RqGdnSJNrvrdCKnYnZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d@pipex.net>,
"Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote:

> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-42A6A8.15474017102006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > In article <45345e34$0$30749$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
> > John Salerno <johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So what are the real, valid uses of Javascript? Does anybody
> >> think you just shouldn't use it? Or are there other, more advanced uses
> >> of JS that I'm not thinking of?

> > A real valid use of it would be to create a pop up window, a drop
> > down menu, in short anything at all that might make the site easy
> > and pleasant to use. So there is no set of things that can be
> > defined to be real and valid. Much of the objection to it are
> > that some people have it off or not on auto for various reasons,
> > some to do with security.
> >
> > To take the case of a drop down menu, if javascript is employed,
> > then at least the primary class "Sweets Recipes" (which drops
> > down to reveal the different types of sweet recipes) should be a
> > normal html link that takes you to a page that has, in turn, a
> > set of links to the different sweets, perhaps with the actual
> > first recipe there as well and a sub menu to the rest.
>
> Regarding a drop down menu, this can be done quite successfully using just
> css and no JavaScript. Take a look at http://www.grc.com/menu2/invitro.htm.

I took another look at this and it is a total mess in iCab
(version 3.0.3) - at least on my machine. Usually very good with
CSS. In IE Mac (perhaps not so surprisingly!) it does not work as
far as dropping down but at least the head links work. It looks
odd that the arrows are there and nothing drops. Perhaps one can
leave them out in the img. You can "talk" to just IE Mac...

I guess "quite successful" could be the case or not depending on
the criteria... Makes me a bit uncomfortable. It is tricky code.
Looks like tight-rope walking. Clever, mind you.

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dorayme

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