[WEB4LIB] Re: MouseOvers menus

[Pat Tully]

At 01:29 PM 4/3/00 -0700, Thomas Dowling wrote:
>Which version works in Mozilla?  Opera?  When I come to your page with
>JavaScript disabled, are you going to do something friendlier than say,
>"Java script is running! Perhaps your browers is not set up to read it"?
> ...
>With answers to the questions above, work-arounds may present themselves.
>The one I incline toward is dropping the idea of navigating the site via
>mouseovers and dropdown menus.  ...

I think that whether or not a library chooses to use JavaScript on their
site depends on their audience.  If they can be confident that their users
will be served by using JavaScript or other features they should do so.  

I agree that library sites should keep bells and whistles to a minimum, but
given the amount of information in the average library site, mouseovers and
dropdown menus should at least be an option.  






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