Mcrosoft's Navigation Bar! And A script!

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Are we allowed to use the navigation bar that microsoft uses on its pages the one on the top right corner! Or
is the script on the web somewhere if so plz tell me where!
Just asking as it can be copyright to them. If not sure
so juts asking! thanks

OK I need a javascript for emai signup form! So when some one types in there email they click on signup and a javascript does the rest and so staying on the same page and
geting a pop up box telling them that they have been added!
Thanks

loisandclark.net

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Wow, that’s what they call a run-on sentience Wink

The DHTML navigation script at Microsoft.com is probably copyrighted to them. There are similar scripts out there, however I must warn you that they are not simple to setup. Take a look at some of the following resources.

http://www.webreview.com/wr/pub/98/07/24/coder/index.html
http://www.dynamicdrive.com

In terms of the mailing list, the easiest way would be using a Java Script to submit the email address to a different window with a specific window size. The CGI script that handles the mailing list would then print the “email address added successfully” message.

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Joined: Aug 2000

Use layers! It makes it really easy to do drop down menus. The only coding at that point is your JavaScript. And th's not very hard.

I downloaded Microsoft's *.js files they used for the drop down menus. It;s really long, and really complicated. BUT, it works in almost any browser. Layers are subject to change.

So, that's all I have to say.....

btw...... Dreamweaver does a pretty good job of layers, allowes pixel x pixle moving, and is pretty accurate.... also creates hassle free scripts for layers ect. I don't use it very often.... but it does do a good job...

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Microsoft's drop down menus don't work in anything but IE on the PC.

http://www.bratta.com has some cross-browser scripts, though the coolscripts currently breaks in IE Mac.

While I think the effect is nice, I personally find it more annoying than anything. Just like their menus in the latest Office, it's all effect and little function.

Suzanne

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I’ll confirm the fact that the Microsoft menus are completely Internet Explorer reliant. The Netscape version of the site does not include any of the functionality.

Microsoft doesn’t make the best use of the menus (at least on their horizontal menu) however some other sites use them much better in my opinion.

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