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Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-21-2009 18:35

I'm going to be building a CSS menu bar into a site much like the one at http://www.mightyleaftea.com

I've heard of dropdown menus, but what is the type of menu at mightleaftea.com called?



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twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Denver, CO, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 01-21-2009 19:16

*shrug* Looks like a dropdown to me. Just expanded horizontally and vertically instead of just vertically.

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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Norway
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 01-21-2009 20:07

same here

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 01-22-2009 06:43

Are looking for a buzzword or catchphrase? How about "horizontally enhanced drop down menu"?


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Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-22-2009 15:23

Hmm okay thanks Suho, I guess that'll work...



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kuckus
Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian

From: ber/ger
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 01-22-2009 16:18

I call it the Obama Site Dropdown:

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 01-22-2009 19:13

source has it all

Later,

C:\

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 01-23-2009 04:05
quote:
CPrompt said:

source has it all

Holy ralph.

Blaise
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 01-23-2009 10:43

yuk

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 01-23-2009 13:25

I didn't say it was pretty

Later,

C:\

Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-29-2009 22:49

They made the menu an odd way too...

code:
ul#topnav li 
{
    float:left; 
    list-style-type:none; 
    background-image:url(/images/eop/nav-sprite.gif);
}



(http://www.whitehouse.gov/images/eop/nav-sprite.gif)

When you move your mouse over the menus, it shifts the background...to move the menu into place.

Why would anybody do it that way in this day and age? Seems like that would be alot of trouble. I haven't seen anything like this since they used to do stuff like this in DirectX.



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Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-29-2009 22:58

There's gotta be a better way to do this...*grumble*....



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poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Norway
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 01-29-2009 23:06

Nei. CSS sprites are the way to go. They require a single HTTP request ( you don't want to burn stupidly the number of HTTP connections and have the browser stale until one of the connection in its pool is closed ), and since the images share the same colors and a lot of other similarities anyway, grouping them makes perfect sense and tends to help the compression.

Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-30-2009 14:52

Hmm that's interesting poi, I never thought of that. Thanks for the tip, maybe I'll use that in my next project!



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Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 01-30-2009 16:24

Wait a second, if this is a faster/more efficient way to load the image up, then why does everybody split large images on pages into smaller image slices?

(Not that I don't believe your right Poi, I just
wonder why...)

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Norway
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 01-30-2009 16:38

in short : Because some people and tools don't know better ( or haven't thought that there might be a better way to that )

For instance Dreamweaver and its built-in image roll over script enforced people in using multiple images for navigations. I'm pretty sure other tools, including CMS, did the same for years.

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 01-30-2009 18:32

It does also take some mathological skills to do it. Some people aren't fond even of arithmetic.



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