Sliding Menu extremely slow...sometimes

[spanoj]

Weirdest thing. My sliding menu works great, but at random points when it is sliding, it slows way way down. it could be on the 3rd subitem, and then on the slide up, it is slow until it reaches that 3rd subitem and it goes back to normal again. then the next time it could be on the 5th subitem. Other main menu items may work fine or may not.

I've tried adjusting the speed variable, and the timerid variable. nothing helps.

It seems to work better when there are very few items and subitems. is there a limit? i have ie6, and plenty of ram.

i have made no changes to it other than color.

[Khalid Ali]

you should have posted the link of the pages in question so that some one can take a look...

[spanoj]

thought it was pretty self explanatory, but here...

http://www.smallcomp.com/LT/index.htm

[khaki]

Originally posted by spanoj
thought it was pretty self explanatory, but here...

http://www.smallcomp.com/LT/index.htm sorry spanoj...
but there is nothing "self-explanatory" to anything that you have offered so far.

"SLOW" is subjective...
and the menu itself is frustrating.
I mean... why must I wait for the scroll at all?
It's a gimmick that does nothing other than waste the user's time :rolleyes:

I didn't experience any differences in scroll speed myself though.
But I also would not want to regularly visit a site that used that style of menu.

Try to look at it this way :
Did you use that style of menu for your users...
or for yourself?

just my opinion :rolleyes: ...
;) k

[spanoj]

thanks for the opinion, but i asked for a fix. i would like to use the sliding menu gimmick or not.

did you expand all the menus? all of the opened and closed at full speed?

what browser are you running? please offer more info, less opinion. thanks! :)

[khaki]

boing!

well... the opinions come with the info, I guess :rolleyes:

but anyway...
I did offer info with my opinion :
"didn't experience any differences in scroll speed myself though".

but here is more info (only) as requested :

I opened all of the menus...
they all opened (and closed) at the same speed throughout (which I assume is "full speed")...
I used Mozilla...
I'm on broadband...
I just had a birthday...
and it's another beautiful day in New Jersey.

anything else? :)

don't always have the answers... but the supply of opinions is endless (and rarely meant to be mean) :) ...
;) k

[spufi]

I didn't experience any slow down in speed and I expanded all of the sections on the menus. My question is, what happens to those users that have JavaScript disabled?

[nkaisare]

Spanoj,
Your site uses javascript for navigation, and no alternate navigation is provided. About 10 to 12% of users do not have javascript turned on (either by choice or browser limitation). Your site will be inaccessible to them. Note that inaccessiblity due to javascript was the reason why Sydney Olympics committee was successfully sued.

Coming to your question: all the submenus open at the same speed.
Suggestion 1: try increasing the menu scroll speed. Its too slow right now.
Suggestion 2: Provide alternate navigation for non-script people
<noscript><a href="1.html">About Us</a> |
<a href="2.html">Team Credentials</a> |
<a href="3.html">Training</a> |
<a href="4.html">Tools</a> |
<a href="5.html">Free Tools</a> |
<a href="6.html">Employee Login</a></noscript>

- Anti-Javaite (;)AJ)

[spanoj]

i take it no one is able to figure out why it's slow and are coming up with scapgoats. this is an intranet site, all my uses have the same browser with javascript on. never mind.

[nkaisare]

Spanoj,
There is no difference in scrolling speeds of the menu. I tested on Opera7.10, NS7, IE6.

This is exactly what khaki and spufi told you. Of course, beyond this people gave you more advice/opinion on your site. Its your free will whether to accept the advice or not. We are not coming with scapegoats or nitpicking. Just that these are also some issues you should be aware of (atleast we think so).

[Jona]

Originally posted by spanoj
My sliding menu works great, but at random points when it is sliding, it slows way way down.

If you think about it, it's not random. When you click on the menus with more subitems, it is fast enough, but slows down when it gets past a certain number of items.

[J]ona