Flash problems

[PCInfoman]

I have my menu installed http://www.animalmakers.com/Animatronic_Accessories/

Can somebody tell me why the menu does not display properly when there is a flash animation or movie directly in the path of the drop-down menu?

Is there a work-around for this?

[jamesmc]

If you are talking about the drop down menu above the banner flash I had no problems seeing the menu, clicking on the individual items and navigating.

Interesting website btw. Looks like you're a busy person.

[PCInfoman]

I temporarily solved the problem by moving the flash down some. For an example of the problem, goto http://www.animalmakers.com/Animatronic_Accessories/

[Egg Bramhill]

Infoman

The dropdown menus work fine in IE but in Firefox they disappear behind the Flash animation.

I can't really help you here but Firefox has given me grief with Flash in otherways in the past. Not Firefoxes making but grief all the same.

Egg

[Egg Bramhill]

Infoman

We're cross posting at present but I still experience the 'under' menu's in Firefox.
Egg

[jamesmc]

I think Egg Bramhill is on the right track. I still have no problem viewing the menus or navigating with IE.

[PCInfoman]

I hear what you are saying, but I have a problem with Firefox. First, with 1 million hits in March, a large number of them are from FF users and another, IE is a HUGE security risk on most system so I would rather no design the site to be solely usable by IE.

Do we have a solution here?

[jamesmc]

I don't know about a solution, but perhaps a peek into the window of reality.

I guess the Active-X based IE has worked out the compatibility problems for Flash Plug-ins.

From what I've read about Firefox, there is a long term problem with Flash plug-in problem compatibility. I don't know if it's on the Mozilla or the Macromedia end or both.

Some users claim that Mozilla's "wmode=transparent" simply does not work as drop down menus disappear behind the flash. Does this sound like your problem?

POSSIBLE SOLUTION HERE?

I have no idea if this works, but this is what one person wrote about solving the problem:

... Flash, Java applets, and various form elements will *always* appear on top of everything. One option is to wrap a <div> around the offending Flash file, and set it's CSS style to "display:none" while the pop-out menu is onMouseOver, and set it back to "display:block" onMouseOut. note: This may be a possible work around for your drop down menus.


I would hate for you have to alienate a ton of people using Firefox. You might try perusing http://www.mozilla.org/ to see if any other solutions are there for you.

Best of luck with all that.


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As a side note I've never had a problem with IE and security. Of course I'm loaded up to the gills with protection.

[jamesmc]

oops almost forgot.

An alternative would be make a drop down menu in Flash. Since a large majority of users/viewers have flash plug-ins, this might give you a broader compatibility.

Okay, I'm done for the nite.

[PCInfoman]

Jamesmc, that was very helpful. I will look into it. Thank you.