Re: Javascript and Flyout Menus

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From: Debra Goldentyer (goldenty@haas.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 09:09:44 PDT

Like everything else, if it works smoothly, I'm all for it. But I do worry
about accessibility and, as you point out, browser issues. I'm seeing a lot
of universities use Flash to do rollover-like things. Is that any
easier/more accessible, do you know?

Debra.

At 02:20 PM 7/26/2002 -0700, Anna Maurer wrote:
>Hello Webnet,
>
>I'm looking for some thoughts/opinions/ammunition regarding Javascript and
>flyout menus. I'm having a ... discussion ... with a coworker about
>implementing them on a future website, and wanted to see what the general
>campus attitude is towards them.
>
>My own thoughts as a web developer are somewhat mixed. I've seen flyout
>menus done well, and they are handy. However, since I won't put something
>like this on the web without extensive testing and a non-Java alternative,
>the development time commitment cancels out the bells-and-whistles aspect.
>On a personal level, as long as I can mouse around on a website without
>those menus popping up, I'm fine.
>
>Does anyone have any user feedback on how useful such menus are? If you've
>used such menus, what's been your experience? Any key browser issues? How
>were they on the progamming side - easy to set up or needing extensive
>Javascript experience? Any other issues?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Anna
>
>
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