CSS: table-layout:fixed keeps Netscape 7 in line
Netscape 7 was squashing some table cells down, ignoring widths I had specified in the css.
The code for the table:
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Continue readingGoogle vs. AskJeeves
A 1-round search battle
I recently read that AskJeeves (now “ask.com”) would be making some changes to try to reclaim some market share from Google. I hadn’t used that site in a while, so I decided to test it against Google. I came up with one of those questions that rattle around in my head:
How do they train oil tanker captains?
Ask.com Results (click to enlarge)
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Continue readingPart 3. Step by Step guide to using Fireworks to create Popup Menus
Editing Popup Menu Properties
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Now click back on Original to continue. The green web layer will reappear.
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Select your button by clicking on the green area. This will make the handles display, as well as the little register mark in the middle.
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Part 4. Step by Step guide to using Fireworks to create Popup Menus
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Create the navbar
Select your button, then duplicate it by selecting Duplicate or Clone from the Edit menu.
Part 2. Step by Step guide to using Fireworks to create Popup Menus
Make the rectangle into a functioning button
- To designate the rectangle as a button, so that it will react when your mouse rolls over it or clicks on it, it needs to be converted to a button symbol. Fireworks button symbols have some functions built in, making it very easy to create the behaviors you want.
With the rectangle still selected (the blue handles showing), select “Convert to Symbol” from the Modify menu.
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