Posted by William Hughes on 01/26/07 04:08

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:55:37 +1100, in alt.html dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>Yes, this is a standard "problem" and one that is pointedly fixed
>by use of frames. Pity the latter has so many disadvantages. You
>will hear it said that scrolling out of sight menus are no
>problem but it has always seemed to me an almost total absurdity
>which we have all gotten used to and so see as normal. I see it
>as normal ow and I have lots of scrolling away menus. You can fix
>the nav col via positioning but watch out for 2 things now:
>browser support and jumpy scrolling (for why there are these
>consequences, ask the devil or one of his capricious offsiders*).

I think it's easier just to make the pages shorter... but that will
have to wait until I get the basic data put in - too much copying
between entries necessary just now. Later I'll split the files along
the lines discussed earlier.

>While I am at it, perhaps consider a footer where you link to all
>the copyright stuff and some other things you have in the left
>nav now, and remove it from the page. Think always how much
>clutter you can get off! I like your flag links, looks nice...but
>I would not bother with all that links info stuff either there or
>the icons in the body... but this perhaps is all a matter of
>taste. It does make things a little less immediately easy for
>newcomers because they have to learn non-standard things...

I've removed some of the items from the nav column; I left them in the
full page site map & menu. What's left in the nav column is going to
stay there. I may place a generic copyright notice and disclaimer on
the home page.

I'm also thinking of eliminating the link icons (those little anchor
chains) entirely.

I added some tooltips to the nav buttons using the "title=" attribute.
Still working on that; need to see what the capabilities and
limitations are.

>must stop...

Why? I'm learning a bunch just from this little thread.

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