is this is web standard?

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  • sephil

    I'm doiing a web site and I'm teaming with an other designer who want to use javascript navigation and layers...

    somthing like: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/design…

    I was wondering if its crossplatform and browser friendly?

    Personnally I had prefer to use flash for this kind of things buts maybe just because I'm more comfortable working with it...

    thx for help.

  • vena0

    it can absolutely adhere to standards - however standards are NOT cross platform and browser friendly.

    if you're willing to work for it, you can make that type of nav work in every browser 4.0 and above, but that's a lot of work.

    personally, in my contract work i charge additional (high) fees to extend compatability below 5.0 these days.

  • E0

    true, with layers and all the NS bull it can be crossbrowser from 4.0 on. > 5 it is pretty standard DHTML work. Though I am not sure about the opaque links, I believe MSIE has a filter for that, but I have never used it and it is certainly not browser compatible.

  • sparker0

    something to think about, if you are looking for standard compliance is to develop that in ECMAScript. Javascript can be platform/browser specific at times...

    I think Flash is overkill for menus. It's like using a nail gun to tack a note to a corkboard.

    There is no reason to conform to archaic browsers. Educate the client on why and how standards and developing for the current browser technology will benefit them in the long run.

  • sephil0

    thx for your advice...

    in this specific case, I need to make website that will be displayed not to bad on 4 years old browsers, work on pc/mac and easy to edit.

    Its for an ecologic groups and most of the user visiting the web site dont know more about
    Internet than your grandmother so I dont want mail from them because people complain things dont work on their Netscape 3.

    I guest my best option will be to stick with simplicity.