Nigel-
When MS developed FP this was not an issue- most PCs had
a JVM on them. Then this court case thing comes along and
MS can no longer distribute their version of the JVM. I
found out about this early and stopped the use of them and I
chose a different technology. From what I have heard, MS
moved the hover buttons in FP03 to an out of the way place
so that they are not used as often.
Webmasters need to be aware of many things when developing
sites. This is one of them. Different OSs and browsers
support different features. What works in one does not work
in another. The webmaster needs to pick and choose what
they are going to use. I chose to use DHTML & javascript
instead of hover buttons. I also put in standard hyperlinks
for navigation because I check my web logs and I know that
12% of the browsers accessing my site do not support
javascript. I have also put in the ALT tags on the images
as there are a few people who view my site using Lynx, which
only supports text.
Mike
Nigel wrote:
: Thanks Steve, a major flaw though wouldn't you say? I mean
: one constructs an entire corporate web site, only to find
: out that probably 20 - 30% of visitors can't navigate
: through the site. Very dissappointing. I'm sure the
: original idea was not to have to add all kinds of extra
: facilities just to enable navigation. Your comments would
: be appreciated.
:
: Regards
: Nigel
:
: ---Original Message-----
:: Hover buttons require Java Virtual Machine. ( not to be
:: confused with javascript ) New computers do not come
:: with JVM installed. It must be downloaded and installed
:: from
www.java.sun.com
:: For this reason, most people have stopped using Hover
: Buttons and use image swaps using dhtml or
:: Behaviors.
:: Behaviors are a FP 2003 feature.
::
:: --
:: Steve Easton
:: Microsoft MVP FrontPage
:: 95isalive
:: This site is best viewed............
:: ........................with a computer
::
:: ::: Hello
::: Have recently discovered a problem with some computers /
::: software not being able to 'see' or load the hover
::: buttons or links on our web site -
:::
www.soundandlightcity.co.za The square boxes appear
::: where the buttons should be, but no buttons. Clients
::: therefore cannot navigate from the home page. I
::: physically saw a new PC running on Windows XP home
::: edition with this exact problem. What's wrong or what
::: am I doing wrong?
:::
::: Regards
::: Nigel
::
::
:: .
