Feedback on new menu

Post by **Phineus** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 9:11 am

I've been thinking to change the menu on the mtmg to a system where all pages are available from the menu all the time. I found a javascript thingie that should do the trick but now that I have it 2/3 configured I'm not sure it's very practical (for much the same reason the track page was not ideal in it's javascript manifestation - too large). Anyway, if you have a second, please give it a try and let me know what you think. The only links that work are the mtmg and models.

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/example.htm

Thankie

Malibu350 · Post by **Malibu350** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 10:21 am

I think it's great and the way to go, it makes navigating much easier and faster.

Drive2Survive · Post by **Drive2Survive** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 10:57 am

I only see a black screen... I guess it 'does' make navigating much "easier and faster" - though not as much fun. IE reports an error on page:

Line: 45
Char: 2
Error: Object required
Code: 0
URL: http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/example.htm

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Please use the brake provided and not the vehicle in front of you.
- V8 Challenge online racing guidelines

Post by **Phineus** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 11:18 am

Oh quit stickin' yer tongue out. I'm working on it. Try it now and see if you like it any better.

Wint · Post by **Wint** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 10:29 pm

I'd turn off javascript if I could get away with it, but since I can't... ;-) I must say that looks great and works for me.

Fila · Post by **Fila** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 4:28 am

It looks good but it all depends on you in the end.

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Drive2Survive · Post by **Drive2Survive** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 12:16 pm

Ok, that works a little bit better now

Whether I like it better than the current arrangement I can't really say, it would take a bit of getting used to. It does seem much nicer though

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Please use the brake provided and not the vehicle in front of you.
- V8 Challenge online racing guidelines

Post by **Phineus** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 1:53 pm

Things take too much time =(

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/index.shtml

I'm not completely sold on it yet. Kinda grates with the header graphic. But for the front page I suppose it isn't so bad.

Malibu350 · Post by **Malibu350** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 4:29 am

maybe something like this would be better?

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Post by **Phineus** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:11 am

I can put it on the side (and will for the sake of demonstrating), but nothing does vertical text. And there's just too many menu items. It has to be broken down or we have to live with the lag when it loads.

Malibu350 · Post by **Malibu350** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:17 am

that was just a thought and figured the text may be a problem but then i don't keep up well with those things so i threw it out anyways... ferget about demonstrating it if you already know it'll be a problem.... it looks fine how it is/was

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legwon · Post by **legwon** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:53 am

sounds like u need a couple other DHTML menus there phin. i have a few laying around.

here's one

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HEY BUDDY, the gas is on the right!

Edited by legwon (23-01-2003)

Malibu350 · Post by **Malibu350** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 8:00 am

nice but it needs to be bit more browser friendly :o)

Post by **Phineus** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 8:07 am

Dynamic Drive has some of the best ones I've seen. My example is the hvmenu.

http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/

My biggest complaint is the load time. Remember the javascript track page? Took 2 seconds to download and thirty for the browser to process. I'm finding the same thing with this new one. On top of that, it doesn't send a 'complete' message to the browser every time so it looks like something is wrong (in the status line) when it's not.

I know there's room for improvement. But I want the next change I make to last a while. There's just way too much to be constantly updating.

legwon · Post by **legwon** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 8:30 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Malibu350:
nice but it needs to be bit more browser friendly )<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

hmmmm thats wierd! never had a problem before. that is the menu i used when me and my wife were running a yahell pool league. J

Dynamic Drive has some of the best ones I've seen.

i have to agree with u there phin. i believe thats where i got the addy for the one above. (i think the auther had one submitted).
there are some decent ones in 1st page HTML editor also.

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HEY BUDDY, the gas is on the right!

Post by **Phineus** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 9:43 am

> ... ferget about demonstrating it if you already know it'll be a problem....

All ideas are good. Well, most anyway, lol. Can't be creative, or come up with new things if we quit before we begin.

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/index1.shtml

I like how tiny it is J but I wonder how practical it would be... and it still has the load lag.

Edited by Phineus (23-01-2003)