Posted by Neredbojias on 01/26/58 11:47

To further the education of mankind, "Michael Laplante"
<nowhereman@twilightzone.net> vouchsafed:

> The site I'm re-designing has 52 menu items. Right now these are
> organized over three levels. The issue is that every menuing option
> I've looked at uses Javascript and IE 6 doesn't like that. A warning
> comes up about blocking "active content." A menu gives the option to
> allow blocked content but immediately below that is an item marked
> "What's the risk?"

Do you really need to do something in script to have the menu work the
way you want it to?

> My concern is that people may have javascript turned off, or "Internet
> Lite" users may be nervous about allowing the blocked content -- in
> which case they'll never see the menu.

The "active content" default in IE is an ill-advised choice on MS's part,
but big surprise. A legitimate concern is that a fair number of users do
turn javascript off because it has been abused in the past by some very
ignorant and unethical site spoilers. For that reason, navigation should
never rely on script; if used at all, script should only enhanced the
operation of a viable stand-alone system.

> I've thought of:
> i. iframes but I don't think these are supported beyond the last
> generation of browsers;
> ii. a site map but that introduces one extra step everytime someone
> wants to go to a different location;
> iii. some sort of warning on the front page to the effect that "this
> site uses a javascript for menu purposes, so make sure you have it
> turned on."

If I _had to_ pick one of the 3 options, I'd probably do i. iii isn't a
solution, anyway.

> I can't be the first person to encounter this. What have people here
> done to work around it.

Re-designed to a more operable page.

> BTW, thanks to Toby Inkster for the Suckerfish resourse -- however, it
> needs javascript to run on IE6.

Toby can be aloof and choleric, but if that's your way of saying "Thanks
for all the fish," I think he'll be pleased. :)

--
Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.

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