At 14:37 20.04.01 +0100, you wrote:
>I'm in the middle of my usual Friday afternoon 'research' - looking around
the web :-)
>
>On the Channel 4 site they have some very nifty drop down menus (eg
http://www.channel4.com/guide/ - on the left hand side of the page). As
>the page is loading they appear like normal drop down boxes, then suddenly
become little works of art. (You'll see what I mean when you look
>at the page).
>
>I've looked at the source code and am totally bewildered (not difficult!)
- can anyone shed any light on how it's done?
>
>Will
It's some sort of DHTML/JavaScript sourcery, but i can't quite penetrate
the details. The fancy stuff only works in IE, though, so that only leaves
me half-impressed.
There is an Open Source JavaScript library that does approximately the same
thing here, with som demos end docs:
http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/
Magnus Enger
Librarian & Webmaster
Bodø Regional University, Norway
http://webster.hibo.no/bib/
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