Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 01/11/57 11:48

In article <e4vbo0$2t2$00$1@news.t-online.com>, knut-krueger@usa.com
says...
>
>
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty schrieb:
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> > Nothing different. What you didn't ask is "how tall is your browser
> > window?" Even with a maximized 800x600 browser window, with a couple of
> > toolbars, your menu is not completely visible, and therefore,
> > unclickable below a certain point. On an older 640x480 maximized window,
> > none of the menu items are showing at all.
> >
> > You should consider not using the fixed positioning, as visitors expect
> > the entire page to scroll, and are accustomed to doing that.
> >
> > Remember, not everyone, even with high resolution monitors, browses with
> > a full-screen window, and you should always test with small windows.
> > Screen resolution is unimportant.
> >
> That's the problem of the fixed menu bar which I tested in the link ...
> http://test.konstanze-krueger.de/index.php
>
> but
> http://uni-regensburg.konstanze-krueger.de
> is no fixed menu.
>
> Do you think there is any solution except the version above without
> fixed menu?
>

I would not worry about it. If you like the fixed menu, use it. For
browsers that don't support it, like IE 6, the menu will scroll with the
page; but really that is no "biggie", it is the way most menus on web
pages work so the "failure" degrades nicely!

Don't worry if there are small differences between browsers; worry when
the differences are such that the page becomes illegible, unusable, or
hangs the browser!

--

Jonathan

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