> -----Original Message----- > From: The Bo$$ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 22 January 2005 2:59 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] newbie with popup menus question > > Well, as they say, "if you have to use dropdowns you should probably > rethink your site structure".
I don't think I agree - dropdowns can increase the usability quite a bit. Of course you should not completely depend on them, but in general they can be quite helpful to improve navigating a site. It really depends on the website - in some cases they are helpful, in other cases just a waste of time. > The ALA article Andreas mentioned is actually not that good, since it > is still totally inaccessible to IE users with Javascript turned off. > There are no good alternatives on the web (yet), so I don't know where > to point you. Well, the dropdowns won't show up if Javascript in IE is turned off. So if navigating your website relies on the dropdowns to show up: yes, your website is inaccessible. But if there are other ways of navigating the site, it only means it may be less user-friendly if you have IE without Javascript. > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
