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Hi,
I am looking for a good software that would enable me to create DHTML
drop down menus for websites and have complete control over the design
of such menus. Any recommandation? Thank you
Cheers

"maflu" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am looking for a good software that would enable me to create DHTML
> drop down menus for websites and have complete control over the design
> of such menus. Any recommandation? Thank you
> Cheers
>

The first question to answer is "Why?".
Those things are often called "Slippery" in usability studies, and they have
massive accessibility problems.
They can be made so that they're accessible, but I'd bet that anything
pre-made or made by software won't do them right. Even then, you have the
slipperiness to deal with.


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>
> "maflu" <> wrote in message
> news:3f8e7aa0$0$27584$...
> > Hi,
> > I am looking for a good software that would enable me to create DHTML
> > drop down menus for websites and have complete control over the design
> > of such menus. Any recommandation? Thank you
> > Cheers
> >
>
> The first question to answer is "Why?".
> Those things are often called "Slippery" in usability studies, and they
have
> massive accessibility problems.
> They can be made so that they're accessible, but I'd bet that anything
> pre-made or made by software won't do them right. Even then, you have the
> slipperiness to deal with.


I honestly thought we wanted/needed some sort of DHTML drop down menu, in
our last design. We tested, retested and decided all was well to launch.
It wasn't.

It was, by far, the most nightmarish experience I've had with a design
problem...and, in the end, we scrapped the drop down menu. I even had
several alt.html'ers take a stab at fixing the code. There was one that
came pretty close, but still had unexpected problems. Our current design
(which is being completely redone, at the moment) is a mess because we had
to piece together a fix for the lack of proper navigation.

My point? Don't bother with drop downs. They're kinda like
frames...something you CAN do, but certainly more trouble than they're
worth.

BTW - Our new, yet unlaunched design: http://ebay.affordablehost.com

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In article <>,
says...
> My point? Don't bother with drop downs. They're kinda like
> frames...something you CAN do, but certainly more trouble than they're
> worth.
>
> BTW - Our new, yet unlaunched design: http://ebay.affordablehost.com

This is by far the best design I have seen for your site.

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In article <3f8e7aa0$0$27584$>,
says...
> Hi,
> I am looking for a good software that would enable me to create DHTML
> drop down menus for websites and have complete control over the design
> of such menus. Any recommandation? Thank you
> Cheers

http://software.xfx.net/utilities/dm...r/download.htm

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> BTW - Our new, yet unlaunched design: http://ebay.affordablehost.com

>

It looks great, but ...

Why are you using 11px font size?

That javascript could go into an external file, save some load time.

Line 146
A:hover { FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #DD4F05; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-
DECORATION: noe}

S/B text-decoration: none

As a matter of fact, the style element should go into an external style
sheet anyway.

I really like the way it looks, probably the best yet.

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