Re: Moving from HTML 3.2 to HTML 4...

by "Roger Stenning" <roger(at)isgwds.enterprise-plc.com>

Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:38:50 -0000
To:	<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>, <hgquinn(at)attglobal.net>
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Heather -

> One thing you could do to improve load time w/o dumping your buttons
entirely,
> is to use an array of table cells with a background color similar to your
> buttons, and just download the "LED" (yellow/red) portion of the current
btton
> images, and place button text to their right within each table cell,
keeping
> your mouseover scripts in place.
>
> This would emulate the current look of your nav bar, which might be
appreciated
> by your return visit users.  You can then "style" the rest of your
documents.

This is a thought that also occurred to me; nice to know that we all think
alike!

The drawback with such a method is that, if done without some care to the
overall theme of the site, it could look somewhat 'tacky'. Still, that's
what beta-testing is all about!

Thanks for the reply!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
Intelligent Web Design Services
    http://iws.n3.net/
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Webmaster for the Impossible Scenarios Group
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