Fading of the menu in Firefox and other browsers

[takuya]

I did a search and only found records from about 3-4 years ago regarding this subject. All I could find that 'might' help was this:

http://milonic.com/betas/menu.htm

I am trying to get my menu to fade in non-ie browsers. Has this been solved in the last 3 years? Or is it still an MS only function? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in adavance!

[Andy]

We are currently working on version 6 of the menu that will allow for fading, transparencies and drop shadows on all browsers that support it, that's why the current version still does not support this feature in anything other than IE. This should include IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera.

Can't give a release date yet but can say that we are working our socks off to get this new version ready as soon as we can and we hope that it will blow your mind.

I also don't want to release any betas yet because I want it to work properly first. This is the first time I've even mentioned this so I now feel that I'm now obliged to deliver, which I shall do in due course

[takuya]

AWESOME!

I am building a site for a client and still need to register for a menu license. I am thinking that maybe I can use the free menu until this new one comes out, or is a license upgradable?

[Ruth]

Hi,

As Andy noted, the new menu will do a lot. The fade in version5 is not really the menu per se. Milonic got the menu to accept the Microsoft internet explorer filters and transition codes. These things, like fade are proprietary to Microsoft, the other browsers are not programmed to use them. So, it's not really the menu that won't fade, it's the browsers that can't use those filters and transitions.

You can set things like the alpha transparency that is one of the filters. Other browsers do it through css. So, something like this

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.opaque { 
   opacity: .5; 
   filter: alpha(opacity=50); 
   -moz-opacity: .5; 
} 

the first is I believe for Safari, the second is ie and the last is of course mozilla. opacity and -moz-opacity code from 0-1 in fractions, so you could have - .1, .2, .3 etc. So, .5 is equal to 50%. You could leave out the filter:alpha part since you could set that in the menuStyle itself with the overfilter.

Once the class is created you need to apply it. So, in the menu you'd choose whichever menus to which you want this applied and put this in their style onclass="opaque";offclass="opaque";

You'll have to contact Milonic about the license issue. http://milonic.com/contact.php

Ruth

[takuya]

Ruth - thanks for your reply, I saw your multiple posts of that elsewhere as well. I was unable to get that to work in Firefox though, so I am sure that I am doing something wrong with its implementation. Its really the fade that the client wants though...so I have it working in IE and will wait for the new menu version. I am truly excited about this one!

[Andy]

AWESOME!

I am building a site for a client and still need to register for a menu license. I am thinking that maybe I can use the free menu until this new one comes out, or is a license upgradable?

It's up to you whether you license it or not but valid licenses will be transferable to the new version. After all, it's the support and upgrades that you are paying for. We intend to really look after existing customers, especially the customers who have more than one license or have renewed their existing licenses.

[Ruth]

Hi,

Can you give me a test page? It should work fine in FF, but I'd need the page, css file and menu to see if there's something conflicting.

Ruth