Hi,
For some reason my image map isn't working in firefox. It works fine
in IE 7 and I can't spot any differences between the code for this and
previous sites where I've successfully used image maps. My HTML is:
style="margin-left: 35px; border: 0;"/>
Can anyone spot anything that's wrong? The website is http://www.aloneinacrowd.co.uk
if you want to test it yourself.
Thanks.
> chrisoftoday@googlemail.com
> news: 1181752517.688453.103390@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com
> Hi,
>
> For some reason my image map isn't working in firefox.
[snip]
>
In article
<1181752517.688453.103390@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
chrisoftoday@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For some reason my image map isn't working in firefox. It works fine
> in IE 7 and I can't spot any differences between the code for this and
> previous sites where I've successfully used image maps. My HTML is:
>
>
>
dorayme wrote:
> In article
> <1181752517.688453.103390@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> chrisoftoday@googlemail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For some reason my image map isn't working in firefox.
It works for me, but then, I'm testing here with FF 1.0.7. What isn't it
doing properly?
Of course, "works" is a relative term, since I can only barely make out
the word [Home] or the other "nav links" in the graphic. Also, [Forum]
and [Links] have no links in the source, so no linkee on the page.
>> It works fine
>> in IE 7 and I can't spot any differences between the code for this and
>> previous sites where I've successfully used image maps.
"Successfully" may also be subjective. OP: Your query begs the question
of why you're using an image map for nav (or at all) in the first place.
What if that one image doesn't load? (Hint: no navigation) What if the
user can't read the text in your graphic? They can't resize it. You've
provided no alt texts.
The text is way too small in general anyway; 9px (xx-small), even in
Verdana, is too teensy for humans.
If a BG color is specified, a FG color should be, too. I get my current
default dark gray text on the site's lighter gray BG.
>> My HTML is:
on the site at the URL.
>> Can anyone spot anything that's wrong? The website is
>> http://www.aloneinacrowd.co.uk
>> if you want to test it yourself.
Heh.
In addition to the above remarks, the XHTML isn't valid, the site
requires a 700px viewport, and there's way too much reliance on JS.
>
> Where is
In article <46710f64$1_3@news.bluewin.ch>,
John Hosking
> Well (finally something actually intended for dorayme), there's a
> name="menu" id="menu"> down around 80% into the markup.
>
Yes, after seeing the early part of the source, like:
m1vdXNlb3Zlcj0ncm93TW91c2VPdmVyKHRoaXMuaWQpJyBvbm1vdXNlb3V0P Sdyb3d
Nb3VzZU91dCh0aGlzLmlkKScgb25jbGljaz0nc2hvd1NlbGVjdGVkQnlJZCg iOWNkY
ThmYzAtZGE3Zi00NmJkLTlmYTMtNzY3ZDdiNDgxZjY1IiknPjx0ZD4xOC8wN i8yMDA
3PC90ZD48dGQgd2lkdGg9JzEwJz48L3RkPjx0ZD5USEUgV09OREVSIFlFQVJ TPGJyI
... [huge slabs]
I then must have mistyped in the find box and given up.
I was a bit of a fan of image maps once, have not made one for
ages though...
--
dorayme
Scripsit chrisoftoday@googlemail.com:
> For some reason my image map isn't working in firefox.
It's an intelligent browser that is trying tell you not to use image maps
pointlessly.
>
> style="margin-left: 35px; border: 0;"/>
That's a bad idea. Messing up something as simple as a list of links that
way is worse than pointless. It has poor accessibility to begin with, and it
makes your page look like one created in the 1990s when everyone and his dog
puked on their web pages that way.
--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/