Flash dropdown menu or Javascript dropdown menu??

Ziycon

Which one is better and easier to create?

DOLEMAN

Javascript!!!

There are plenty out there (Google for it).

I don't think flash should ever be used for things like menus...

Huggles

Depends what you want to do but I would go for js if picking between the two.

Visually you can achieve much the same effect with both but for speed and handy maintenance I'd go for JS

Karoma

Ziycon wrote:

Which one is better and easier to create?

That's generally the wrong attitude. Your concern should be use not creation.

JavaScript, or anything else that isn't Flash.

pburns

This is probably not relevant for the site in question but JavaScript/DHTML drop-downs cause problems from an accessibility/screen-reader point-of-view

Day-job is on public-sector sites so maybe I'm coming from a different perspective...

mneylon

pburns wrote:

This is probably not relevant for the site in question but JavaScript/DHTML drop-downs cause problems from an accessibility/screen-reader point-of-view

Fair point.
Trying to balance one against the other is far from easy (design / accessibility)

pburns wrote:

Day-job is on public-sector sites so maybe I'm coming from a different perspective...

Hopefully not corkcity.ie

Gordon

You could have a plain text (1st level) menu, say on the top of the site, and then a full flash menu at the left hand side of your site if you really want to use flash. I'd prefer to use javascript over flash for menus though as you never know what flash version people have.

Serbian

blacknight wrote:

Hopefully not corkcity.ie

What an unadulterated mess. Couldn't help but laugh when I saw the Golden Spider award icon on the page.

archibald_

Why not a pure CSS one ?
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/upmenu.html

AngryAnderson

Gordon wrote:

YI'd prefer to use javascript over flash for menus though as you never know what flash version people have.

Or you could check using this: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/

pburns

blacknight wrote:

Hopefully not corkcity.ie

Hell no...

I've run into some of those Cork boyos at seminars etc though...

evilhomer

pburns wrote:

This is probably not relevant for the site in question but JavaScript/DHTML drop-downs cause problems from an accessibility/screen-reader point-of-view

Day-job is on public-sector sites so maybe I'm coming from a different perspective...

Suckerfish dhtml drop-downs are accessible.
They display simply as a list in the X/HTML.

Does the screen reader try to interpret the Javascript or does it disable it?

The company I work for had a site with DHTML menus tested for accessibilty and it passed fine.

Maybe certain methods of implementation mess it up?

AngryAnderson

Serbian wrote:

What an unadulterated mess. Couldn't help but laugh when I saw the Golden Spider award icon on the page.

...couldn't help but not be the least bit surprised when I saw the Golden Spider icon on the page...

DJB

pburns wrote:

This is probably not relevant for the site in question but JavaScript/DHTML drop-downs cause problems from an accessibility/screen-reader point-of-view

Day-job is on public-sector sites so maybe I'm coming from a different perspective...

Very good point. Have a look at www.udm4.com with very good support for accessibility. Best one out there AFAIK but i could be wrong.

Dave

miju

as someone said up above why not use CSS i used it for this www.mantrarecords.com/network/