I'm not new to the web but the web hasn't been my major preoccupation. Therefore I feel like something of a neophyte, given all the development the web has gone through in recent years.
I'm about to launch a new website which will be heavy on text. At the moment I'm assuming I need some code for a horizontal navigation bar with drop down menus, some CSS to make the typography pretty and readable on screen, some code to manage PayPal donations, reader feedback, that sort of thing. At the moment don't foresee much else (but one never knows). In the past couple of days I've been playing catchup on CSS and JavaScript. First I stumbled on Whatever:Hover at http://www.xs4all.nl/~peterned/csshover.html. Then I stumbled on two related sites: Prototype and Scriptaculous, which seem very impressive but may be overkill for what I want to do. Next I stumbled on http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/horizontal/ which appears to have the navbar code I need. However their code doesn't work on IE on the Mac. I'd like to be as universal as possible. Finally I stumbled on jQuery which, at first glance, appears to be an alternative environment to Prototype and Scriptaculous. Question: I'm right at the beginning, still assessing the available tools to work with, yet fully aware whatever I choose I'll probably stick with for some time. Given what I've shared above, how appropriate/inappropriate is jQuery for a project such as mine? Would appreciate some frank feedback. Kind regards, Morley Chalmers
