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Do you use DHTML menus

Nope. I roll my own
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Yes. I've stated which one in a reply
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Best DHTML menu

Post by alex.barylski »

I have reviewed a few commercial ones, which IMHO are the best...

But I'd like to hear from you...

Which do you think are the best??
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neophyte
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The only commercial on I've used is OpenCube DHTML they have java applets for the ancient browsers net 4 etc. But I'm experimenting tonight with WebDDM. If anyone has used this before I'd love to hear what you think of it. It appears to be fairly robust. I tried suckerfish menus. I had a hard time changing them to something I could use. If anyone else knows of anyothers I'd love to hear about them. This topic is timely. I'm actually planning on playing with WebDDM tonight.
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Post by alex.barylski »

I've been looking for "Simply The Best" DHTML menus, but they don't seem to exist anymore??? :(
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I've used OpenCube but now I'm using CSS for menu generation. I'm not too worried about older systems. :P
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The only question I have about WebDDM is what about SEO. Will search engines map my links. Their buried in JS. Does anybody know?
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probably not, but that's solved with a sitemap. I don't use dropdowns I think they're cheesy and hard to use since every one is different. If the user has to play with my menu to learn to navigate my site I did a bad job with usability. Not to mention all the browser incompatibilities and they don't work in javascript disabled browsers.
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I don't like DHTML Menus myself for all the same reasons -- but I've explained the issues to the client and they want them. So what can you do?
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haha nothing, that's the one thing about working for someone, you have to give them what they want regardless of how silly it is
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jshpro, just read your sig! Very funny... :lol: :lol:
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Post by alex.barylski »

jshpro2 wrote:probably not, but that's solved with a sitemap. I don't use dropdowns I think they're cheesy and hard to use since every one is different. If the user has to play with my menu to learn to navigate my site I did a bad job with usability. Not to mention all the browser incompatibilities and they don't work in javascript disabled browsers.
I'm not a huge fan myself, but drop down menus are a tool and they do serve their purpose. The problem occurs when a technology becomes pop culture and then cliche.

Its kinda like scrolling marquee's and repeating background images in the earlier days of the Internet :P
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