flashing cursor

[anolian]

Hi all

I am trying to evaluate DHTML menus for my webmaster, prior to a site re-design.

I've been aware of the Milonic menu for a while, and like it a lot. I have downloaded several demos, and they work well. However, on my machine I notice a strange problem.

If using the Centre Aligned Table configuration, my mouse cursor flashes wherever on the page it is placed (IE6/XP). This does not happen with other milonic examples, and does not happen when I use the same machine to access the same example on the Milonic site (http://milonic.com/menusample9.php). It doesn't happen either if I access my example from another machine (IE5).

My boss will never accept that if he sees it! Any ideas on why it happens and how to prevent it?

Cheers, Mike

[John]

Got a URL? Maybe one of us will see the problem as well.

[anolian]

Sorry - yes, good point! I've made it visible at:
http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/miks/milonic9/menu.htm

This is the download straight off the site - I've done nothing at all to it. l
should probably add that on my machine the cursor appears to flash every half second. Because of that I suspected it was something to do with the _menuOpenDelay variable but changing that didn't affect it.

Thanks, Mike

[John]

Looking at the page you posted with XP Pro/IE6. My cursor is rock-solid. No flashing or anything.

Something about that machine, or the browser settings, is amiss, but I'm not able to tell you what.

[anolian]

Fair enough. My colleague's ie6/xp machine doesn't do it either.

What I think is odd though, is that using my machine to view the same demo on the Milonic site does NOT give the same effect. If anyone can think of a setting that might behave like that...?

thanks and cheerio, Mike

[John]

I believe it's the "Cause trouble with Mike's boss" setting under the Tools menu. Specific to Windoze, of course - no problem on Mac/Safari...

[Sorry - bad day already. Maybe one of the other folks will have an idea.]

[anolian]

Aha! - the old have-a-go-at-windows routine - you Mac people just can't resist it, can you?!

Wel, it seems nobody can reproduce my issue, and I can't make it happen on another machine, so intrigued as I am, I guess it can't be much of a prob - I'll just make sure I demo it appropriately!

Cheers for your help, Mike

[John]

Aha! - the old have-a-go-at-windows routine - you Mac people just can't resist it, can you?!

We callz 'em as we seez 'em...

[kevin3442]

Hi Mike,

I have a hunch: In the one that flashes, does the first menu item contain the text "Home" or "MILONIC"?

Kevin

[Ruth]

It's not flashing for me either. I have IE 5.01, '98 and I had the same thought as Kevin, because the menu has the Milonic Link and that flashes I believe, so maybe that's what's doing it. Wonder if you put the reference with the html link if it will stop?

Ruth