Re: http://www.hmex.ao.net/temp/index.html

by simone(at)genesisnetwork.net (Demitrius)

 Date:  Tue, 6 Jan 1998 23:15:11 -0800
 To:  "Craig T. Harding" <guide(at)ao.net>,
<hwg-critique(at)goldendome.com>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Howdy Craig,

Site critiqued: http://www.hmex.ao.net/temp/index.html
Viewed with a P133, 28.8, 640 x 480, MSIE 4.0

>What I'd like to know:
>1. How the site looks in different browsers.

I'm sure you know this (you're very thourough) but:
NSN 3.04, renders fine.
NSN 4.0, renders fine.
MSIE 4.0, renders fine but no mouseovers (which you already know).
NSN 1.0 - just kidding. <g>

>2. I've got the JAVA Script working in Netscape, but I'd like to know
>what needs to be done for MSIE.

No sweat. The thing to do is check for "document.images". Forget the old
"browser sniffer" scripts. "Document.images" will work in almost every
situation:

if (document.images) {
        var stuff = new preload(
        "images/homeon.gif",
        "images/skyon.gif",
        "images/nighton.gif",
        "images/driveon.gif",
        "images/jron.gif",
        "images/spclon.gif")

To see this in action, visit:
http://www.vanburengolf.com/navig.htm
this is the navigation part of a new site I'm in the process of creating.
The mouseover effect works in NSN 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and MSIE 4.0.

>3. Anything particularly irritating about this one page.

Well, "irritating" wouldn't be a word I would use, but 2nd generation would
be. I'm not, however, in the target market, so I don't know what they expect
to see. It looks rather plain to me. One thing I did notice, and this is
minor, but the light reflection coming off the buttons doesn't work for me.
IMO, I'd switch that to a corner instead.

>4. How to validate with the "name" tag in JAVA Script.

No idea.

Good luck!

Regards,
Demitrius >I<

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