Posted by the idiot on 07/11/05 13:48

"rf" <@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> the idiot wrote:
>
> > erm, cheeky i know, but do you have any links so i can try and learn how
> to
> > make a liquid tabbed menu.? ta
>
> IMHO the "tabbed menu" paradigm does not work well with liquid design.
There
> is way too much reliance on there being a certain amount of screen real
> estate present. It will fail dismally on, for example, a telephone.
>
> That said, do this: Look at your page with Firefox. Increase the font size
> to about 150% so the tabs wrap. Check how the line height of the tabs has
> not increased along with the font size (did you specify line height
> anywhere?). Fix.
>
> Alternatively, look at how some major programs out there do "tabs". Look
> again at Firefox. Open a dozen or so pages in tabbed mode. Admire how
> Firefox stuffs up the tabs (truncating instead of multi-lining).
>
> Some programs do it better. MS Visual Studio introduces < and > arrows at
> the end of the "tab bar". Annoying IMHO. I often find myself selectively
> closing tabs so I can see them all in a row. Some programs correctly do
> multiline (start>control panel>system) but it is still confusing.
>
> HTH :-)
>
> Cheers
thanks. stuff to think about... id never done a menu like this before.. id
just nicked the code and as usual am attempting to reverse engineer it....
mainly because i get confused by jargon when trying to learn the proper
way.. ho hum. thanks again.

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