Re: Optimizing OnlineHelp for Mobile Viewing

[Ed Marsh <lists -at- edmarsh -dot- com>]

Well, I don't really consider using a drop-down menu "hiding"
links.  

We are using RoboHelp here, and I agree the included gew-gaws
are subpar. I was hoping a simple HTML/CSS drop-down was possible, but
because our company standard is IE8, it is not.  

- 
-=Ed.

On Fri, 29
Jul 2011 17:02:30 -0700, Robert Lauriston wrote: 

> Why hide links in a
drop-down menu? A simple list works on all
> platforms, and users can
just skim and click once.
> 
> Flare has widgets that make it easy to
hide all sorts of things from
> users with drop-downs and pop-ups, but
generally I think they're a
> solution in search of a problem.
> 
> On
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Ed Marsh wrote:
> 
>> Links to other help
files within the company. -----Original Message----- Robert Lauriston
Why do you want a drop-down menu in a help file? On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at
3:33 PM, Ed Marsh wrote: 
>> 
>>> Please. I spent several hours
yesterday trying to implement a CSS-only drop-down menu for our help
files. Works great in Firefox, but... not at
>> all 
>> 
>>> in IE8
...
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