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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 6580
Location: Getting there
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http://www.oxygenxml.com/Check out the ridiculous banner navigation thing on here. Seriously, I can't work out how to get to anything using that thing.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
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It is weird, especially as some of the items overlap each other.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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Thusly is the aphorism "Just because you can doesn't mean you should" applied.  _________________Jim
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
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Huh? Site works fine for me...
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
Posts: 2967
Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Weird, I was only looking at that site the other day. Worked for me then and works for me now…
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 8767
Location: behind the sofa
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I think they're referring to the enormous Flash banner where all the clickies move around. If you turn Flash off, the rest of the site is fine! _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 6580
Location: Getting there
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It works, it's just that banner thing. It's flash so you may not see it.
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| Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:26 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
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Plug in content, like Flash, QuickTime, etc. occupies a whole chunk of browser estate. Imagine someone taking a knife to the web page, and cutting out the space where the plug in has to go and discarding it. As the drop-down menus are part of the HTML, they are subject to this cutting too. The Flash is then dropped into the hole. The result - the HTML is clipped. It appears to be “behind” the Flash animation. Infact, it’s not being displayed at all. Some browsers are able to overcome this problem, and the browser will show HTML menus over the Flash (as intended). Some browsers, however,m are still incapable of working this out, and you get fragmented menus.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Ah, ok. I always surf with Flash turned off...
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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This has gone way over my head, however is there a Guinness World record for the amount of acronyms used on a single web page?
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm
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? Works fine for me.
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Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
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I'm struggling to see the problem too. That flash banner is annoying, and dragging the icons around does mean that some overlap, but I wouldn't say that it made it a particularly bad website. 
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
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Location: Getting there
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Jeez, you guys.
OK, maybe I used the wrong title but did you actually read my post?
I was not complaining about the entire website. The website works.
It's just the ridiculous navigational flash thingy at the top.
Why have a navigation tool that randomly changes where things are and loses all track of anything you want to find. It even throws things out of the flash area so you have to drag stuff around etc...
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Ah, got ya. Head still full of sleep. No, I see what you mean, a bit odd. Fun though if you don't actually need to find anything. 
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Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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