I apologize for joining this discussion late. --- Ross Gardler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > > I think it would be great to have optional support > > for advanced features of smarter browsers. Though > > that means you would have to support several access > > options (smart and dumb) for the same browser.
While I like the idea of exploring advanced features of some of the browsers, I do think it should be optional. This does create an extra burden for the site administrator. That person would have to keep up two sets of style sheets (or sites!) as well as having a pretty good set of selection rules to distinguish between all the browsers. > > second permanent window area to support all kinds > > of extra info see www.granneman.com/webdev/browsers/mozillafirefoxnetscape/sidebars.htm. I really don't like the sidebar and will only use it occasionally for history searches. In general when I put together or read web pages, I like as much screen real estate as possible. > I wouldn't put navigation in the side bar, that is > not really what it is for. I agree with this. The sidebar information in the web site example has nothing to do with the page being viewed. > The user has full control over when a side bar is > viewed and therefore if you put something critical to > your page in there (like navigation) your page may > appear broken to the user. I agree with this. What happens when a user makes consistent use of the sidebar, as in the Scott Granneman example? Does the Forrest sidebar overwrite the user's sidebar? Do you end up with two sidebars and half the screen real estate gone? This second option might be manageable if Forrest's structure was more liquid. My real problem with this is that it strays quite far from standards, and thus accessibility. I think it's not safe to have critical parts of a web site depend on optional (flash, shockwave, java, javascript) or browser-specific (ActiveZ, rounded corners in CSS, sidebars) functionality. Just my two cents . . . . /mde/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
