Re: (PM) New website looks ok - but has several issues. (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@megazone.org)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 16:52:45 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jake Messinger shaped the electrons to say...
>Not sure what row you are talking about. I tried every link on the page
>and it worked, I just tried it again, and they work...

It's been fixed. I just looked. I told you May was good.

But it WAS this:

This is NOW:

The Lucent Technologies PortMaster(R) 4 Integrated Access Concentrator
supports high volume, multi-service access requirements with
unparalleled flexibility and industry-leading scalability. Its next
generation architecture delivers carrier-class capacity and unequalled
performance on a single shelf, conserving precious floor space. And
its multiple chassis configuration enables seamless growth.
Products
Services & Support
ISP Programs
Solutions
Tech-Corner
Global

This is THEN:

The Lucent Technologies PortMaster(R) 4 Integrated Access Concentrator
supports high volume, multi-service access requirements with
unparalleled flexibility and industry-leading scalability. Its next
generation architecture delivers carrier-class capacity and unequalled
performance on a single shelf, conserving precious floor space. And
its multiple chassis configuration enables seamless growth.
- Products
- Services & Support
- ISP Programs
- Solutions
- Tech-Corner
- Global

See the dashes? They were caused by ALT="-" on the blank images used in
the pop-ups. They link to a JavaScript function, needed to make that system
work. In Lynx they all acted as links - you'd go dash, Products, dash,
Services & Support, dash, ISP Programs, etc.

Now, I - and apparently others - expected the '-' to link to the same thing
as the word next to it. That's how it looks, a kind of list. But it didn't,
it linked to a JavaScript call and thus Lynx fails. Not a show-stopper,
but confusing and mildly frustrating - a UI problem. None of the problems
on the page were MAJOR for Lynx - I have seen FAR, FAR worse - but there
were a number of minor things that added up to make it a bit frustrating.

-MZ

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